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Flexural performance of composites sandwich beam with core made of polyurethane foam filled glass fibre reinforced polyester recyclates

Abu Hassan, Shukur and Omar, Balqis and Wong, Voon How and Abdul Hanan, Umar (2018) Flexural performance of composites sandwich beam with core made of polyurethane foam filled glass fibre reinforced polyester recyclates. In: 3rd Proceeding of Civil Engineering Volume 1 - Structure and Material, 4 June 2018 through 5 June 2018, UTM Skudai.

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Abstract

This paper presents the prediction of flexural performance of sandwich beams under compressive loads using MATLAB programming. Polyurethane (PU) foam filled with Glass Fibre Reinforced Polyester recyclates (rGFRP) is used as sandwich core. The rGFRP filler in the sandwich core is expected to increase the rigidity of the foam and produce stiffer and stronger composites structures. Compression and tensile tests are conducted on the core and skin samples respectively to obtain the Young Modulus property. MATLAB programming is used as an analysis tool to analyse parameters such as the maximum deflection, stiffness and maximum bending stress. The relationships between these parameters are illustrated in the form of graphs. The results show that the increase of weight percentage of rGFRP in the polyurethane foam enhances the mechanical properties of composites sandwich beam samples.

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:Polyurethane foam, GFRP recyclates
Subjects:T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Divisions:Civil Engineering
ID Code:83897
Deposited By: Widya Wahid
Deposited On:30 Sep 2019 13:55
Last Modified:25 Nov 2019 04:41

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