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Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of Composites Made from Recycled Plastic and Waste Rubberwood Using Multiply-Response Surface Optimization as Green Building Materials

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The objective of this study is to investigate the use of recycled high-density polyethylene (rHDPE) and rubberwood flour (RWS) to manufacture experimental wood-plastic composites (WPCs). The WPC formulations were developed with D-optimal mixture experimental design and analyzed using response surface methodology to determine the mechanical properties of the samples. The experimental data was utilized to carry out analysis of variance (ANOVA) and to create a regression model for the properties of the three factors considered in this study. The findings showed that the mechanical strength and hardness values of composite samples increased with an increasing RWS and rHDPE. Particularly, the nanoclay (NC) in the samples affected positively their hardness, impact strength, and direct screw withdrawal. The results also revealed that the optimum composition for all responses found 54.0 wt% rHDPE, 35.4 wt% RWS, 5.6 wt% NC, 4.0 wt% MAPE, and 1.0 wt% WAX with a desirability score value of 0.969. Based on the findings in this work in comparison of the experimental results and the predicted values of WPC samples had less than 5% difference.

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The authors would like to express our gratitude to the Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of the Engineering, Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya (RMUTSV), Thailand for supporting us with a location and research equipment.

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  1. Department of Industrial Technology, Faculty of Industrial Technology, Songkhla Rajabhat University, Muang District, Songkhla, 90000, Thailand

    Sriwan Khamtree

  2. Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya, Muang District, Songkhla, 90000, Thailand

    Chatree Homkhiew, Chainarong Srivabut & Surasit Rawangwong

  3. Materials Processing Technology Research Unit, Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya, Muang District, Songkhla, 90000, Thailand

    Chatree Homkhiew & Surasit Rawangwong

  4. Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, 90112, Thailand

    Thanate Ratanawilai

  5. Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 74078-6013, USA

    Salim Hiziroglu

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Khamtree, S., Homkhiew, C., Srivabut, C. et al. Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of Composites Made from Recycled Plastic and Waste Rubberwood Using Multiply-Response Surface Optimization as Green Building Materials. Fibers Polym 24, 2819–2834 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-023-00266-w

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