文档介绍：Polymer Testing 22 (2003) 169–177
ate/polytest
Property Modelling
An experimental and finite element analysis of the static
deformation of natural fiber-posite beam
. Lim a, . Ratnam a,∗, . Abdul Khalil b
a School of Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia
b School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia
Received 12 March 2002; accepted 9 May 2002
Abstract
This paper describes the application of the shadow moire´ method for direct measurement of the whole-field defor-
mation of a cantilever beam, made from natural fiber-posite (NRFC) material, under static loading and
comparison of the experimental results with those predicted using finite element analysis (FEA). The material properties
required in the FEA were obtained by calculating the mean of the property values determined from three-point bending
tests on several standard test specimens made from the material. The classical phase-shift technique was used in the
shadow moire´ method to increase the measurement resolution. parison shows the existence of a non-zero
gradient at the base of the cantilever in the measured deformation profiles probably due to the clamping conditions of
the cantilever. However, the difference in deformation at the free edge is only mm over a length of 160 mm.