Natural composite of Albizia-Ramie: Effect core pre-heating, and resin type on mechanical properties

In this work, natural composite is made from core of Albizia wood and matrix of ramie fiber. Hand lay-up method is applied to fabricate the composite. Albizia-Ramie composite are made in different ramie layer, i.e. single layer and double layer. The aim of this work is to investigate an effect of core pre-heating and resin type on mechanical properties of the composites. For each variation, 5 samples are tested in Universal Testing Machine and the average of bending stress, bending strain, and Modulus elasticity of the composites are analyzed. The result shows that the use of Albizia pre-heating and Epoxy resin improves the properties of bending stress and stress of the Albizia-Ramie composites.