Mechanical and Fracture Behavior of Hemp Fiber-Reinforced Green Composites

• TAKAGI Hitoshi

  The University of Tokushima

• Netravali A. N.

  Cornell University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 228 麻繊維強化グリーンコンポジットの強度・破壊特性(OS 高分子/高分子基複合材料(4))

Abstract

Environmentally friendly "Green" composites were fabricated from a natural cellulosic fiber (MAO fiber) and a biodegradable starch-based resin through hot pressing. The effects of fiber length and alkali surface treatment on mechanical properties of composites were investigated. Fiber lengths of 2.5, 5, 10, and 15 mm were used and fiber weight content was adjusted to 56%, to obtain short fiber composites with random orientation. Ultimate tensile strength increased with increasing the fiber length up to 10 mm and remained almost constant for further increases in fiber length. Fracture strain for the composites fabricated with fiber length of 2.5 mm showed the smallest value of approximately 2%, which is less than that of MAO fiber. This might be attributed to the debonding at the fiber/matrix interface.

Journal

• The Proceedings of the Materials and processing conference

  The Proceedings of the Materials and processing conference 2004.12 (0), 147-148, 2004

  The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers

Keywords

• "Green" Composites
• Natural Fibers
• MAO Fiber
• Hemp
• Biodegradable Plastics
• Alkali Treatment

Details

• CRID: 1390001205877371008
• NII Article ID: 110004059616
• DOI: 10.1299/jsmemp.2004.12.147
• ISSN: 2424287X
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jsmemp/2004.12/0/2004.12_147/_pdf
• Text Lang: ja
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