DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF RECYCLED HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE (RHDPE)/NATURAL FIBRE COMPOSITES

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dc.contributor.authorNTIBUNKA, Linda Obiageli
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-09T09:48:42Z
dc.date.available2016-05-09T09:48:42Z
dc.date.issued2015-06
dc.descriptionA Thesis Submitted to the School of Postgraduate Studies Ahmadu Bello University Zaria In Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements for The Award of Master’s of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeriaen_US
dc.description.abstractFiber-reinforced polymer composites have played a dominant role for a long time in a variety of applications for their high specific strength and modulus. The fiber which serves as a reinforcement in reinforced plastics may be synthetic or natural. This research focuses on natural plant and animal fibres (palm kernel, locust bean husk, goat fur and sheep wool). It deals with the production and characterization of composites of these fibres reinforced with recycled high density polyethylene. The physical properties such as density, water absorption and thickness swelling were determined. The tensile strength, flexural strength, hardness, impact energy, and wear properties were investigated. Thermal, chemical and microstructural analyses were also carried-out on the developed samples. The study revealed the result of the variation of the engineering properties with %wt composition of fibre reinforcements. It also presented the effect of variation of fibre length on engineering properties showing 10 mm as the critical length of fibres. The thermal analysis showed the destruction temperature range of the composites to lie between 400 and 500 0C.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7848
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT,en_US
dc.subjectCHARACTERIZATION,en_US
dc.subjectRECYCLED,en_US
dc.subjectDENSITY POLYETHYLENE,en_US
dc.subject(RHDPE)/NATURAL FIBRE,en_US
dc.subjectCOMPOSITES,en_US
dc.titleDEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF RECYCLED HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE (RHDPE)/NATURAL FIBRE COMPOSITESen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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