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040			_aUniversiti Teknologi Brunei _beng _cUTB
084			_aUTB 120 REPORT, THESIS & DISSERTATION _aRTDS 106
100	1		_aAmirul Rahimi Abdul Rahman _eAuthor
245	1	0	_aLateral Loading of Hybrid Composite Epoxy Tubes / _cAmirul Rahimi Abdul Rahman and 2 others
260			_aBrunei Darussalam : _bUniversiti Teknologi , _c© 2015.
300			_a75 Pages : _bPhotographs, Charts ; _c30 cm.
500			_aA project report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Foundation of Degree of Bachelor on Engineering in Mechanical Engineeing.
500			_aABSTRACT Experimental work on hybrid and non-hybrid composite tubes subjected to lateral loading has been carried out. Jute/epoxy, glass/epoxy and hybrid jute-glass/epoxy materials were examined. Tube length and inner diameter of 200 mm and 110 mm respectively were used. Hand lay-up method was used to fabricate the composite tubes. Effect of material used and number of layers on lateral-load-displacement relations and on the energy absorption were investigated. Lateral Load-displacement relations were drawn and discussed. Results show that the maximum lateral load obtained for glass/epoxy is found 23.6% higher than hybrid jute-glass/epoxy and 75.5% higher than jute/epoxy. Crashworthiness analysis has been made on the laterally crushed composite tubes where the crush force efficiency and stroke efficiency were calculated. It has been found that the specific energy absorption of the glass/epoxy tubes is found higher respectively 29.6% and 48.4% than hybrid jute-glass/epoxy and jute/epoxy tubes. The increase in the number of layers from two to six increases the maximum lateral load respectively 74.3% and 73.1% for the glass/epoxy and jute/epoxy composite tubes. Failure mechanisms of the laterally loaded composite tubes were also discussed.
504			_aIncludes bibliography references.
610		4	_vProject Report _aUniversiti Teknologi Brunei
650		4	_aComposite materials.
650		4	_aEpoxy resins.
650		4	_a Structural analysis (Engineering) _x Testing.
650		4	_aTubes _xMechanical properties.
700	1		_cSia, Kok Hsiung _eAuthor
700	1		_cMd. Muizzuddin Hj Mohd Noorasi _eAuthor
700	1		_cDr. Asad A. Khalid _eSupervisor
710			_aUniversitI Teknologi Brunei _bFaculty of Engineering
942			_2lc _n0 _cRTDS
998			_eReports, Thesis & Dissertation _s902964 : 002382 c. 1_UTB _xUniversiti Teknologi Brunei
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