Tensile Behavior of Geometrically Irregular Bagasse Fiber
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. The Weibull Distribution
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Material
3.2. Chemical Treatment
3.3. Fiber Diameter Measurement
3.4. Tensile Testing
4. Results
4.1. Surface Morphology of Bagasse Fiber
4.2. Diameter Variation along the Fiber and between Fibers
4.3. Tensile Properties
4.4. Weibull Analysis of Bagasse Fiber Tensile Strength
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Roughness Parameter | |||||||
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(Pixels) | (Pixels) | (Pixels) | (Pixels) | (Pixels) | (Pixels) | (Pixels) | |
Untreated | 21.8 | 15.7 | 5.7438 | 5.7 | 27.5 | 172.9 | 230.8 |
Treated | 34.3 | 22.9 | 5.6385 | 7.7 | 30.0 | 197.6 | 227.6 |
Parameter | Symbol | Values |
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Weibull modulus | 1.667 | |
Constant term | −3.530 | |
Scale parameter | 8.3 | |
Precision adjustment | 0.97 |
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Bhuiyan, M.S.; Rahman, M.A.; Farabi, M.S.; Hasan, M.M. Tensile Behavior of Geometrically Irregular Bagasse Fiber. Appl. Mech. 2021, 2, 274-288. https://doi.org/10.3390/applmech2020017
Bhuiyan MS, Rahman MA, Farabi MS, Hasan MM. Tensile Behavior of Geometrically Irregular Bagasse Fiber. Applied Mechanics. 2021; 2(2):274-288. https://doi.org/10.3390/applmech2020017
Chicago/Turabian StyleBhuiyan, Md Shahnewaz, Muhommad Azizur Rahman, Md Shahriar Farabi, and Md Mahedi Hasan. 2021. "Tensile Behavior of Geometrically Irregular Bagasse Fiber" Applied Mechanics 2, no. 2: 274-288. https://doi.org/10.3390/applmech2020017