Journal of Solid Mechanics and Materials Engineering
Online ISSN : 1880-9871
ISSN-L : 1880-9871
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Mechanical Properties of Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch Fiber
Fergyanto E. GUNAWANHiroomi HOMMASatryo S. BRODJONEGOROAfzer Bin BASERI HUDINAryanti Binti ZAINUDDIN
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2009 Volume 3 Issue 7 Pages 943-951

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In tropical countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia, the empty fruit bunches are wastes of the oil palm industry. The wastes are abundantly available and has reached a level that severely threats the environment. Therefore, it is a great need to find useful applications of those waste materials; but firstly, the mechanical properties of the EFB fiber should be quantified. In this work, a small tensile test machine is manufactured, and the tensile test is performed on the EFB fibers. The results show that the strength of the EFB fiber is strongly affected by the fiber diameter; however, the fiber strength is relatively low in comparison to other natural fibers.

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