Alfred Noufie Mekel, Rudy Soenoko, Wahyono Suprapto, Anindito Purnowidodo
The study of abaca strands from Sangihe Talaud Islands North Sulawesi Indonesia has been developing for biocomposite materials. The aim of this research is to recognize abaca fiber's tensile strength, so that it could be prepared for biocomposite application. Average diameter of abaca fiber is 0.151 mm. The result of this research had given its maximum tensile strength of 189.24 MPa. It shows that abaca fiber is potential to be developed as alternative material in biocomposite. © 2006-2016 Asian Research Publishing Network (ARPN).
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Manado State Polytechnic, Indonesia; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia; Graduate Program of Mechanical Engineering, University of Brawijaya, Indonesia
