Mechanical Properties of High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)/Sawdust Composites under Wide Range of Strain Rate

Abstract

An experimental approach based on the conventional universal testing machine (UTM) was employed to perform low strain rate loading (0.001/s, 0.01/s and 0.1/s) in this research, to examine the reliance of natural filler contents towards HDPE/sawdust composites. By following to the low strain rate loading, static compression properties of HDPE/sawdust composites with varies filler contents of 5 wt% SD, 10 wt% SD, 15 wt% SD, 20 wt% SD and 30 wt: % SD were successfully studied. The results show that the yields stress, ultimate compression strength and the rigidity properties of HDPE/sawdust composites were sturdily affected by both filler contents and strain rate loadings. Moreover, for the post damage analysis, the results clearly show that different static loading employed to the specimens gives significant effects towards deformation behavior of HDPE/sawdust composites. The increasing of static loading employed caused the specimens to experience severe deformation.