Investigation of natural fibre metal laminate as car front hood

Dhar Malingam, Sivakumar and Mohd Ishak, Noordiana and Mansor, Muhd Ridzuan and Razali, Nadlene and Mustafa, Zaleha and Ab Ghani, Ahmad Fuad (2021) Investigation of natural fibre metal laminate as car front hood. Materials Research Express, 8 (2). pp. 1-8. ISSN 2053-1591

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Abstract

Due to the increasing awareness on environmental impact and the needs towards sustainability, weight reduction of the vehicles is one of the most promising solutions to improve fuel efficiency towards achieving the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. Fibre metal laminate is one of the lightweight material that inherits advantages of metal and fibre reinforced composite. Therefore, the drive of this study is to determine the effect of water absorption on tensile properties, thickness swelling and forming analysis of the natural fibre metal laminate. Fabrication of natural fibre metal laminate consists of two layers of kenaf woven fabric in polypropylene matrix and aluminium 5052-O as the skin. The results show that the natural fibre metal laminate absorbs 0.67% water and has 0.91% thickness swelling. The water content has minimal effect on the tensile properties of the natural fibre metal laminate. While for the forming analysis, the natural fibre metal laminate has higher formability compared to an aluminium sheet and has a higher potential to be formed into complex shape.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Car front hood, Fibre metal laminate, Forming, Natural fibre, Tensile, Thickness swelling, Water absorption
Divisions:	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Depositing User:	Sabariah Ismail
Date Deposited:	09 Sep 2021 13:42
Last Modified:	23 Jun 2023 11:11
URI:	http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/25275
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