Prof. Dr. Aidy Ali
(National Defence University of Malaysia, Malaysia)

Biodata :
Aidy Ali is a Professor of mechanical Engineering at National Defence University of Malaysia (UPNM). He received his first degree in Mechanical Engineering from Universiti Putra Malaysia, 1999. He then pursued his Ph.D degree in Year 2003 research on Improving Fatigue Life of Aircraft Components By Using Surface Engineering at Sheffield University, He then appointed as lecturer at Universiti Putra Malaysia in 2006, rapidly promoted to Senior lecturer in 2008, rapidly promoted to Associate Professor in 2010, appointed as Professor in 2012, all within 6 years period of time. His expertise is related to mechanical Materials for Defense Applications, Fatigue, Fracture of materials, Failure assessment, Failure prevention analysis, Reliability engineering prediction and Crash analysis. Prof Aidy has Graduated 12 PhD Students, 37 Master Students, 32 Bachelor Supervision, written 19 Books and published 158 ISI Clarivate and Scopus, Impact Journals. Secured 26 Research Grants. H index 20 Scopus

Abstract :

Development and Fabrication of Low to High Strength, and Antiballistic of Malaysian Bamboo Laminated Composites
Aidy Ali
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
National Defense University of Malaysia (NDUM) Kem Sg. Besi, 57000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
* Corresponding author. E-mail: saidynaidy@gmail.com
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Natural fiber reinforced composites are essential for the growth of polymer composite technology. The key goal of this study is to utilize the natural bamboo Gigantochloa scortechinii, which is obtained in Melaka, Malaysia. In this study, the mechanical properties of woven bamboo, epoxy polymer and E-glass hybrid composite were characterized. Woven bamboo laminates were woven from bamboo strips, and the hybrid composites were obtained by manually stacking alternating 2-6 laminates of woven bamboo, E-glass and epoxy. The findings show that increasing the woven bamboo layers from 2 to 6 did not improve the tensile strength, modulus, impact and flexural strength. However, the hardness strength was increased. Overall, the minimum or maximum number of laminated bamboo fiber/E-glass/epoxy hybrid composite layers can be used in various product applications. The work is then extended to developed anti-ballistic materials that satisfy National Institute of Justice (NIJ) standard to be registered as be registered as combat armor panel or materials. The results show that the composites withstand 482.5 m/s ± 5 limit of bullet velocity and satisfied the NIJ of level II. The findings give strong base to consider bamboo composite to replace synthetic composites in green engineering applications.