Natural and man-made cellulose fibre-reinforced poly(lactic acid) (PLA) composites: An overview about mechanical characteristics and application areas

By N. Graupner, A. Herrmann, J. Müssig. 2009

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Subfields: Automotive Engineering, Biomaterials, Polymers and Plastics

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Citations in the corpus

• Mechanical properties of components fabricated with open-source 3-D printers under realistic environmental conditions (2014, unknown): “For PLA, injection molded specimens have been seen to have tensile strengths from 30-63 MPa [26-28].”
• Comparative studies of mechanical and morphological properties of polylactic acid and polypropylene based natural fiber composites (2012, methodology): “Unnotched Charpy impact testing was conducted on the impact tester as per the standard.(27) The impact tester (Fine Testing Machines, Pune, India) has a maximum impact energy of 300 J with the weight of pendulum 20 kg and striking velocity 5.”
• Studies on the mechanical properties of woven jute fabric reinforced poly(l-lactic acid) composites (2016, background): “The long hemp fiber/PLA composites were studied by Graupner et al. (2009).”
• Influence of chemical surface modification of cellulose nanowhiskers on thermal, mechanical, and barrier properties of poly(lactide) based bionanocomposites (2013, background): “The dispersion of CNW or microfibrillated cellulose in PLA has already been studied and brings about several advantages, such as increased biodegradability [22], mechanical reinforcement [6,23–28] and modulated barrier properties [11,15].”
• Applications of Natural Fibers and Its Composites: An Overview (2016, background): “A mixture of bast and cotton could combine the positive tensile characteristics of bast with the good impact properties of cotton, making the composites suitable for various car parts as well as for suitcases [16].”
• Plant-Based Natural Fibre Reinforced Composites: A Review on Fabrication, Properties and Applications (2020, background): “exterior body parts for cars and trucks with bio-based composites [25,55,286].”