@Article{jrm.2020.08724,
AUTHOR = {A. A. Mazlan, M. T. H. Sultan, S. N. A. Safri, N. Saba, A. U. M. Shah, M. Jawaid},
TITLE = {The Effect of Fibre Length on Flexural and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Pineapple Leaf Fibre Composites},
JOURNAL = {Journal of Renewable Materials},
VOLUME = {8},
YEAR = {2020},
NUMBER = {7},
PAGES = {833--843},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/jrm/v8n7/39324},
ISSN = {2164-6341},
ABSTRACT = {The present paper deals with the effect of loading different pineapple
leaf fibre (PALF) length (short, mixed and long fibres) and their reinforcement
for the fabrication of vinyl ester (VE) composites. Performance of PALF/VE composites was investigated through three-point bending flexural testing and viscoelastic (dynamic) mechanical properties through dynamic mechanical analysis
(DMA). DMA results revealed that the long PALF/VE composites displayed better mechanical, damping factor and dynamic properties as compared to the short
and mixed PALF/VE composites. The flexural strength and modulus of long
PALF/VE composites were 113.5 MPa and 14.3 GPa, respectively. The storage
(E′) and loss (E″) moduli increased to 2000 MPa and 225 MPa respectively for
PALF/VE composites. Overall result analysis indicated that increasing the length
of the reinforcement fibre results in satisfactory mechanical performance and
dynamic properties of composites.},
DOI = {10.32604/jrm.2020.08724}
}