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List of Contents
Chapter 3    3
1.    Introduction    3
2.    Research Methodology    4
Materials and Methods    4
Fiber reinforcement:    5
How will we measure the mechanical properties (al, 2017).    6
How To Reach The Result With Respect To Temperature And Pressure    6
HYPOTHESIS    7
Reaching a conclusion with respect to water content and particle size and the Impact Properties and flexural strength of WPC    7
Effect of addition of glass fiber on the properties of WBC with respect to flexural strength (htt1)    7
List of Tests Resources required for them:    7
Sorption test of moisture:    8
Test for weathering    9
Compression test (Biological Decay Test) by te
estrial microcosms (TMCs)    11
Test for compression    12
Test for tensile strength    14
Test for Bending (Flexural Test)    16
Conclusion    20
References    21
List of Figures
Figure 1: WPC sample result after the test of weathering    6
Figure 2: The equipment setup for TMCs test    8
Figure 3: Image of universal compression test machine used to compress the WPC    8
Figure 4: Compression test apparatus    9
Figure 5: (a) The specimens that failed (b) Image of tensile test (al, 2017)    10
Figure 6: C610H Auto Tensile Tester    10
Figure 7: (a) Image of Static Bending Test (Horizontal), (b) Image of Static Bending Test (Vertical) (al, 2017)    11
Figure 8: Flexural test device for materials    11
Figure 9: ASTM C1161 bend testing fixture    12
Chapter 3
1. Introduction
This research methodology is about; how the use of fiberglass optimizes the mechanical properties of wood-plastic composites because it is predicted that; when the composites exceed 70% of the wood particle: cracks were encountered because of some form of gas in the system. This is the cause of low fluidity ratio in the system to remove the trapped air and the produced gases, so to improve the mechanical properties of the WPC a number of experiments were ca
ied out to check the effect of the addition of fiberglass to the composite. The research showed the addition of fiberglass was of no good but in fact, it weekends the strength of the composite because of lack of bonding between fibers and the composite of wood and plastic.
Increasing usage of wood has led to deforestation, which further leads to the erosion of forest resources. This whole process has caused excessive damage to the earth and the atmosphere already. The extensive deforestation and erosion contributed a big hand in Global Warming. To limit the devaluation of the environment, due to excessive deforestation a solution arose which was to make use of the waste of wood products. WPC then enter the game which was the decomposition of wood and plastic composites. This was made with fine ground up what particles are called the wood floor with the addition of the thermoplastic matrix. The use of WPC expended vastly because of the unique properties of the wood plastic composite. The WPC has moisture-resistant nature in addition to their being low cost, WPC is a durable composite and it can easily be made with the wasteful wood scrap.
Everything comes at a cost and so the cost for the use of WPC is reduced Mechanical properties than the natural wood which has more Mechanical properties. The reason for the decreased Mechanical properties of WPC is the low interfacial bonding between the wood particles and the polymer matrix; as the polymer matrix has a larger aspect ratio than the wood in the WPC, leading to lower adhesion.
The need for more Mechanical properties, lead to further research and experiments which was to check whether the addition of a few coupling agents to the matrix increase their properties or not. One such coupling agent were long glass fibers, which is said to
ing complexity to the procedure, and add to the cost and production time, instead of strengthening the WPC matrix. The results thus are said to have, mechanical properties comparable to that of solid wood. Now the aim of this research is to develop a methodology to make flute shaped WPC, with the use of African black wood powder to maintain the aesthetic and appearance while staying in the limitations of cost and enhancing the moisture resistance quality of the flute.
Finding the change in mechanical properties of the fluid optimized, because of the African word powder as on exposure to different molding temperatures and pressures.
The motive was to achieve increase Mechanical properties with the addition of short and long glass fiber without disregarding the wood-like appearance of the final product.
2. Research Methodology
Materials and Methods
· There is a requirement of African black wood sawdust with a size of 30 micrometers per particle, which needs to be dried for 30 minutes at 130-degree centigrade.
· Next, there is a need for resin as a bonding material of wood particles.
· Now we will prepare two molds from tool Steel, and a plunger; the dimensions calculated for to custom made molds are:
· 38.1×190mm^2 cylinder, with a hole of 16×16mm
· 43.17 mm diameter outer cylinder, with 24.7mm internal diameter, and a length of 200mm
· plunger with 15×15mm cross-section
· We need a hollow specimen and to produce that we need a solid rod of 12.5 mm, supported with the axis of the bore.
· We need another plunger to make the composite; with these calculated dimensions:
· Outer radius= 24.5mm
· Inner radius=12.95mm
· Next, we need to apply the mold release to the surface mold of Steel before the production of the specimen.
· The mold is to be held under constant temperature and pressure for 30 minutes.
· Then it has to be cooled to room temperature but at the same pressure.
Fiber reinforcement:
· We need to evaluate the length of critical pull-out, with reference to the strength of the interfacial shear between the fibers and the WPC matrix.
· Now we need to place the WPC sample with cut-up e-glass fibe
· The fiber tensile strength should be 2.25 GPA and radius of 17.5 micromete
· We need to cut the fibers into lengths of 5 and 10 mm
· mix fibers with different ratios of wood powder and phenolic
· Initially, we will keep the phenolic wait at 40% adjust the glass fiber accordingly with the wood content, for every repetition
How will we measure the mechanical properties (al, 2017).
· We will use and universal tester Intron model 5582 to measure; how different specimens with varying wood phenolic ratio with three-point bending will response to force-displacement examination.
· All experiments and measurements will be performed under a preferably small strain rate.
· We need to calculate the flexural strength and electricity modulus with at least four samples of each would phenolic ratio composite
· We have decided to use the Euler-Bernoulli beam theory to make the above calculations.
· In alignment with the ASTM D4495 (Nathan Osborn) the WPC sample was measured with regard to its Impact Properties; at room temperature.
· The samples under examination will be...