EFFECT OF HYBRIDIZATION ON THE CRUSHING BEHAVIOUR OF NATURAL FIBRE/POLYESTER COMPOSITE SOLID CONES

摘要

One of the major problems that should be solved before the use of natural composite materials in crashworthiness applications is the understanding of how natural composites behave as load-carrying materials. Hence, the inspiration of this study is to explore the effect of hybridization on crashworthiness performance of cast natural fibre/polyester composite solid cones in terms of energy absorption capability to weight ratio for different fibre types. Results showed that fibre reinforcement types as well as the hybridization greatly affect the crashworthiness parameters for the natural fibre solid composite.