INFLUENCE OF ACTIVATED CARBON FILLER ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WOOD COMPOSITES

This study is conducted to investigate the influence of activated carbon as filler on the mechanical properties of wood composite. It mainly focused on the strength, stress, and displacement of the wood composites. Structural and non-structural engineered wood composites based on plywood, medium density fibre-board (MDF), laminated veneer lumber (LVL), thermoplastic or wood fiber blends, and are now used in both interior and exterior applications. From both simulation and experimental method used in this study, MDF composite samples show higher strength value than plywood composite samples due to the increasing of thickness of the activated carbon filler. Overall, the percentage differences between simulation and experimental method is lower than 10% which indicate that simulation is suitable tool use to predict the strength of wood composites.