Predicting the elastic modulus of natural fibre reinforced thermoplastics

By Angelo G. Facca, M. Kortschot, Ning Yan. 2006

289 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Mechanics of Materials, Polymers and Plastics

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In Mechanics of Materials

1. M. Sanjay
2. B. Yogesha
3. A. Bledzki
4. O. Faruk
5. H. Fink
6. Babak Safaei
7. D. Shah
8. M. Sain

In Polymers and Plastics

1. M. Sanjay
2. D. Shah
3. A. Bledzki
4. O. Faruk
5. H. Fink
6. B. Yogesha
7. G. Arpitha
8. M. Sain

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• Properties and applications of FRP in strengthening RC structures: A review (2018, background): “Also, the use of short hemp fibers in HDPE can reduce the tensile modulus of all composites [187].”
• Study on Mechanical Properties of Natural - Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer Hybrid Composites: A Review (2015, background): “Thermoplastic materials currently dominate, as matrices for bio-fibres; the most commonly used thermoplastics for this purpose are polypropylene (PP), polyethylene, and poly vinyl chloride (PVC); while phenolic, epoxy and polyester resins are the most commonly used thermosetting matrices [11].”
• Biocomposites reinforced with natural fibers: 2000–2010 (2012, methodology): “Similar investigations (PE as matrix) were carried out using soya powder [244], curaua [245], rape straw [246,247], hemp [248], rice straw [249], bagasse [250] rice hull fibers [251] and LDPE as matrixes with wheat straw [252], abaca, bagasse and rice straw fibers [253].”
• Finite element analysis of natural fibers composites: A review (2020, methodology): “The wide variety of theoretical models includes rule of mixtures (ROM), which is the easiest existing method to analyze the elastic properties of a fiber-reinforced composite [57], and ROMs are used only on continuous and unidirectional fiber.”
• Developing plant fibre composites for structural applications by optimising composite parameters: a critical review (2013, background): “Specific topics, such as i) fibre-surface modification techniques [24, 57, 58], ii) plant fibre based hybrid composites [59], iii) modelling and predicting the mechanical properties of PFRPs [20, 60-62], iv) biocomposites based on specific fibres (e.”