Study On Mechanical Properties of Composite Geomaterial Powder Waste Tiles and Glass Fiber

The roof tile bags of dust consequent from the waste of roof tile manufacturing have not been utilized in the technical field. The Kendal roof tile bags of dust are prospective as geomaterial composite material for they have a high strength, high hardness, and a high-temperature resistance. To create strong and fire-resistance composites, polyester resin, and glass fiber are required. The Kendal root oven at the temperature of 100 °C for an hour, and molded with hand lay-up the technique with the matrix of polyester resin + glass fibers. The variations employed were fiber orientation differences of 0/90° and 45/45° with the variables of volume fraction (Kendal roof tile bags of dust + glass fibers = 40%) and with the fixed polyester resin volume fraction (60%). The result of the research shows that the fiber orientation composition of 0/90° and a variation of 1% clay 39% fiber gelass variation has the tensile stress of 225.21 MPa and the elasticity modulus of 3.56 GPa. The geopolymer composites are very useful to be used as industrial components particularly for the automotive industry as they have an excellent tensile strength.