THE EFFECT OF WEBBING ANGLE ORIENTATION ON PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF BOEHMERIA NIVEA FIBER COMPOSITES

Composites are a combination of two or more different materials with mechanical properties. The purpose this research was to determine the effect angle orientation Boehmeria Nivea fiber-reinforced composite woven on physical and fiber is soaked in an alkaline solution made into ropes diameter 2-3 mm then orientations 0o/15o, 0o/30o, 0o/45o 0o/90o. manufacturing process uses press molding method. tests study consisted tensile test ASTM D3039 standard, flexural ISO 178 standard density C271 standard. Tensile results show that highest strength occurs at 0°/15° webbing orientation, which 13.77 Mpa. While bending occur angle, 60.52 MPa. increases smaller orientation.