eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Material Science Research India 0973-3469 2015-06-25 12 1 54 59 1678 article Mechanical Properties of Abaca Fiber Reinforced Urea Formaldehyde Composites Abhishek S. Suvarna 1 Akash Katagi 1 Jackson Pasanna 1 Sunil Kumar 1 Pramod V. Badyankal 1 Suresh K. Vasudeva 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Alva’s Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mijar-574225, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka, India. Department of Chemistry, Alva’s Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mijar-574225, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka, India.

The present investigation focuses on the fabrication and mechanical characterization of alkali treated natural abaca fiber reinforced urea formaldehyde composites. The composites were prepared by means of compression moulding, and then the effects of fiber loading on mechanical properties such as tensile strength, flexural strength and impact strength were investigated. The composite with 40 wt% abaca fibers gave excellent tensile strength and flexural strength showing that it has the most superior bonding and adhesion of all the composites. In particular, the highest value, 10.02 kJ/m2 of charpy impact strength is observed in the composite with 50 wt% abaca fiber. This work revealed the potential of using abaca fibers in fiberboard.

 https://www.materialsciencejournal.org/vol12no1/mechanical-properties-of-abaca-fiber-reinforced-urea-formaldehyde-composites/ Polymer composites Mechanical properties Abaca fibers Urea-Formaldehyde resin Alkali treatment