Musa Bondaris Palungan, Rudy Soenoko, Yudy Surya Irawan, Anindito Purnowidodo
The purpose of this study is to find out the fumigated king pineapple leaf fiber (KPLF) engagement capability behavioural (IFSS) toward the epoxy matrix. The king pineapple leaf fiber fumigation treatment was under a time length of 5, 10, 15, 20 hours with the source of smoke from burning coconut shells and also comparing the KPLF without any fumigation treatment. KPLF without and with fumigation treatment was observed by SEM to determine the ability of the fiber engagement to the epoxy matrix and also for the KPLF surface morphology. The tensile test was conducted to determine interfacial shear strength by embedding a single king pineapple leaf fiber into the epoxy matrix as deep as 1 mm. The test result shows that the fumigation treatment causes the fiber surface becomes coarse, wrinkled, forming uneven grooves in a longitudinal and transverse direction. This condition would improve the KPLF and epoxy matrix engagement ability. The epoxy matrix interface shear stress (IFSS) with the untreated KPLF is a big as 4.48 MPa and for the KPL Ftreated for 15 hours the shear stress is as big as 17.15 MPa. © 2006-2016 Asian Research Publishing Network (ARPN).
Faculty of Engineering, Department, of Mechanical Engineering, Paulus Christian University of Indonesia, Makassar, Indonesia; Faculty of Engineering, Department, of Mechanical Engineering, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia
