Behavior of rice husk ash as a filler in polyester-fiberglass bi-panel composites which has the ability to withstand high-speed projectile impact

EasyChair Preprint no. 1474

Abstract

This article discusses the behavior of rice husk ash as a filler in bi-polyester-fiberglass composite panels that have the ability to withstand high-speed projectile impacts. Bi-panel composites consist of unsaturated polyester resin BQTN 157 and reinforced woven S-glass roving with 3, 5, 7, and 9 v% rice husk ash variations. Then it was observed the decrease of panel performance into projectile ballistic impact. Then it was observed the decrease of panel performance into projectile ballistic impact. The structure characterizations of materials were carried out by simultaneous TGA (thermogravimetry) and DSC (differential scanning calorimeter) analysis. The impact tests were carried out with calibre ammunition of 9 mm bullet FN gun. The result showed rice husk additions decreased the panel density. There is an increase in panel decomposition temperature with the addition of rice husk ash. This decomposition temperature, has contributed to the characteristics of the material to be better. Then it also showed significant influence of rice husk ash on the strength of composite panels against the high impact of a bullet.

Keyphrases: Ballistic, bi-panel, fiberglass, impact, polyester, Rice husk ash, TGA/DSC analysis

@Booklet{EasyChair:1474,
  author = {Nazarudin Koto and Bambang Soegijono and Anne Kusmayati and Harun M Nasution and M. Faisol Luchaq},
  title = {Behavior of rice husk ash as a filler in polyester-fiberglass bi-panel composites which has the ability to withstand high-speed projectile impact},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint no. 1474},

  year = {EasyChair, 2019}}