Influence of moisture absorption on the interfacial strength of bamboo/vinyl ester composites

By Hongyan Chen, M. Miao, X. Ding. 2009

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A review on the degradability of polymeric composites based on natural fibres (2013, background): “Water absorbed in polymers consists of free water and bound water [16].”
Influence of water ageing on mechanical properties and damage events of two reinforced composite materials: Flax–fibres and glass–fibres (2011, background): “[2] specified exposure of the bamboo/vinyl ester composites to water caused significant damage to the interfacial shear strength.”
Bamboo fiber and its reinforced composites: structure and properties (2012, background): “BF demonstrates moisture sorption hysteresis similar to other natural fibers such as flax and hemp (Chen et al. 2009).”
Extraction and preparation of bamboo fibre-reinforced composites (2014, background): “The results demonstrated that moisture absorption led to a decrease in the elastic modulus and a small increase in the tensile strength [55].”
Long term immersion in natural seawater of Flax/PLA biocomposite (2014, background): “Some authors (Chen et al., 2009) claim that enzymatic degradation occurs for long term immersion even if no specific studies have been carried out.”