Characteristics of Mechanical Strength of Hybrid Reinforced Plastic Waste Mixed with Wood Waste

Authors

  • I.I. Jamal Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Pagoh Campus, KM 1, Jln Panchor, 86400 Pagoh, Johor, Malaysia
  • N. Marsi Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Pagoh Campus, KM 1, Jln Panchor, 86400 Pagoh, Johor, Malaysia
  • T. Letchumanan Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Pagoh Campus, KM 1, Jln Panchor, 86400 Pagoh, Johor, Malaysia
  • A.Z. Mohd Rus Advanced Manufacturing and Material Centre (AMMC), Institute of Integrated Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Parit Raja, 86400 Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia
  • M.M. Hashim My Flexitank Industries Sdn Bhd, Plot 3 & 4, Jalan PKNK 3, Kawasan Perindustrian LPK Fasa 3, 08000 Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15282/ijame.21.2.2024.8.0871

Keywords:

Plastic Waste, Wood Waste, Bending Strength, Epoxy

Abstract

Commercial products made of plastics or wood have always been in high demand until now. Consequently, waste from these products has increased, accumulated, and catastrophically impacted the environment. Through recycling, waste products are not only reduced but will also be easily available for improvement or manufacturing new products. This research focused on the fabrication of lightweight composites using plastic waste (PW) and wood waste (WW) as reinforcement and epoxy as a matrix suitable for tile applications. It was revealed that the density of PW-WW polymer composite increased with increasing PW loading up to a 4.0 ratio at 1.070 g/cm3 with a porosity of 0.05%. Optical microscope analysis at 100X magnification showed good bonding between the reinforcements (PW and WW) and matrix (epoxy). With a maximum bending strain of 2.41%, the 3.0 ratio achieved the highest bending strength of 2069.20 N, followed by the bending stress at 8.28 MPa. The PW-WW polymer composite with a composition ratio of 3.0 showed a maximum tensile force of 313.8 N and a tensile strength of 1.79 MPa. The composite with a 4.0 ratio had the greatest impact strength (1.67 kJ/m²), followed by the composite with a 3.0 ratio (1.44 kJ/m²). In summary, a 3.0 ratio is the best polymer composite composition for tile applications.

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Published

2024-06-20

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I. I. Jamal, N. Marsi, T. Letchumanan, A. Z. Mohd Rus, and M. M. Hashim, “Characteristics of Mechanical Strength of Hybrid Reinforced Plastic Waste Mixed with Wood Waste”, Int. J. Automot. Mech. Eng., vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 11276–11286, Jun. 2024.

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