Abstract
This paper focuses on the critical need to examine low velocity impact (LVI) on natural plant fiber composite (NFC) to avoid sudden material failure in the long run. Therefore, it is vital to conduct a short review on drop weight impact performance of several types of NFC currently trending in the market. To date, the impact testing is carried out using numerous parameters ranging from fabrication method to the type of composite materials. Therefore, producing a composite that had different impact resistance properties, since it had varies mechanical attribution such as its plasticity and ductility. The impacted plant fiber reinforced composite damage response behaviour were studied and analysed through the visual inspection, force–time graph and force–displacement graph. Through the findings, natural fibers do help improves the composite impact absorption capacity. Natural fibers have the potential huge potential to be used as an energy absorption structures.
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The authors would like to thank Ministry of Education Malaysia for the financial support through the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme FGRS/1/2019/STG07/UPM/02/2 (5540320). The authors would like to thank the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia and Laboratory of Biocomposite Technology, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Product (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia (HICOE) for the close collaboration in this research.
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Najeeb, M.I., Sultan, M.T.H., Shah, A.U.M., Safri, S.N.A. (2021). Drop Weight Impact Testing on Plant Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix: A Short Review. In: Bahari, M.S., Harun, A., Zainal Abidin, Z., Hamidon, R., Zakaria, S. (eds) Intelligent Manufacturing and Mechatronics. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0866-7_73
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