Tensile strength, personal frequency and stiffness in the treatment of agave and bamboo fiber composite

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effect of alkaline solution (NaOH) and Ethanol solution (C2H5OH) with different soaking times on the tensile strength of agave fiber and bamboo fiber composite on the tensile strength with diverse percentages of solution, and to determine the personal frequency and stiffness of this composite in diverse fiber directions, both numerically and experimentally. The research method was tensile strength test on the combination of agave fiber and bamboo fiber which was treated with alkaline solution (NaOH) and ethanol solution (C2H5OH) with percentages of solution of 10%, 20%, 30%, and 40%, for 2 hours and 4 hours immersion. Furthermore, the vibration test on the agave fiber and bamboo fiber composite was also done with a variation of four position placements of exciter. A simple pinch pedestal was used to get the value of personal frequency and stiffness of the composite beams made from agave fiber and bamboo fiber. The target to be achieved in the study is to produce composite beams with good mechanical properties.

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