Influence of wood minutes (reed) on some physical and mechanical characteristics for (EP+W) composites

Abstract

Abstract By using agricultural wastes, the epoxy composites were prepared with reed minutes and with a fixed weight fraction of all samples (30%) and a particle size (212) μm. Preparation of samples carried out by using the casting method. Some mechanical properties have been investigated were included (tensile strength, bending, creep) and the results showed improvement of all properties through increased bending resistance and elasticity increased with epoxy reinforcement with wood particles. The intent of this research is to enhance the mechanical properties by adding agricultural wastes that represented by (reed).