Abstract
In this study, friction stir process (FSP) was applied to fabricate composite material between high density polyethylene (HDPE) and bamboo fiber. A new fabricating method to providing reinforcement from inside a FSP tool was proposed. The composite material was fabricated with lower heat input in the new proposed method compared to conventional fabricating method by using a groove. The maximum temperature measured during the FSP process with a new method was lower than the melting temperature of HDPE and also the temperature inducing degradation in mechanical property of bamboo fiber.
