Tensile
Properties Distribution of Coir Natural Fiber Using Weibull
Statistics |
In current
time, most of the composites based on polymer resins reinforced
with natural fibers
than synthetic fibers for environmentally
friendly consideration. This work investigate the study
of tensile properties
distribution of coir natural fiber by
using Weibull statistics to quantify the
degree of variability in fiber
strength. Single-fiber tensile and microscopy tests were
performed to
determination the tensile properties
(tensile strength and modulus of
elasticity) and fiber crosssectional
area respectively. The experimental
results showed that the coir natural fiber have a
good tensile strength and modulus of
elasticity of 89.91–237.46
MPa and 2.55-8.78 GPa
respectively. The Weibull distribution
indicates that the coir natural fiber have a high degree of
linearity of R2 = 0.942. The Weibull
modulus for corn fibers was β = 3.650 , gives a
good variability
in tensile strength. |
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