Sifat-Sifat Mekanis Bahan Komposit dengan Serat Kulit Durian sebagai Bahan Penguat

Abstract

Durian peel can be used in manufacturing, such as machining, construction, and tools for daily needs. This study was conduted to gathering the mechanical properties from composite material and durian peel as the reinforcement to discover the manufacturing process. By using the BQTN- EX resin and Catalytic, this study employed a short fibre with a length of 1cm. The test result disputed a maximum tensile strength. For the 40-gram fibre material, the average of tensile strength is 13,654 MPa, then for the 30-gram fibre material, the average of tensile strength is 12,544 MPa. Also,for the non-fibre material has 2,54 MPa for its average of tensile strength. Thus, the composite maximum tensile strength was found in 40-gram mass fraction of fibre material. Besides, the lowest has occurred in sample of non-fibre material resin