scholarly journals MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE VIET NAM SISAL FIBRE REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
Nieu Huu Nguyen ◽  
Binh Thanh Phan ◽  
Sau Huynh

The static mechanical and dynamic mechanical properties of the treated sisal fiber reinforced polypropylene composites were improved by adding the compatiblizer PPgMA (polypropylene-grafted-maleic anghydride). The mechanical properties of the composites have been evaluated. By increasing PPgMA dosages from 2% and 3.5% by weight of PP matrix; the impact strength of the composites were significantly improved by 27% and 38%; the elongation increased by 21% and 36%; the tensile strength increased by 35% and 95%; the elastic modulus increased by 21% and 94% and the flexural modulus increased by 2% and 83% respectively. The dynamic mechanical properties (the storage modulus E’, the loss modulus E” and the loss factor tanδ) have been investigated in relation to the compatibility between the PP matrix and the treated sisal fibers. E’ and E” increased by increasing dosage of PPgMA and Tg decreased a little when increasing the contents of PPgMA. At higher temperatures, tanδ increased and at lower temperature tanδ decreased when increasing dosage of PPgMA. It is shown that PP/treated sisal fibers/PPgMA composites have shown the effects of cohesion when increasing the PPgMA. The fiber dispersion was studied by the transmission optical microscope (TOM). The morphology of the composites samples fractured by the impact strength tests have been studied using scanning electronic microscopy (SEM). The results show the improvement of the interaction forces between treated sisal fibers and PP matrix at higher levels of PPgMA.

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
MK Gupta ◽  
Rohit Singh

In the present work, a novel physical treatment (PLA coating) of sisal fibres and its influence on the water absorption, static and dynamic mechanical properties of its composites has been presented. The treated sisal fibres were used consisted of alkali treatment and PLA coating to fabricate its polyester-based composites by hand lay-up technique keeping constant fibres content as 20 wt.% . Water absorption analysis was carried out in terms of water uptake (%), and sorption, diffusion and permeability coefficient. In addition, static properties were examined in terms of tensile, flexural and impact test, and dynamic mechanical analysis was performed in terms of storage modulus [Formula: see text], loss modulus [Formula: see text], damping [Formula: see text] and glass transition temperature [Formula: see text]. It was reported that the PLA-coated sisal composites showed the best performance in water absorption, mechanical and dynamic mechanical properties than pure sisal and alkali-treated sisal composites. There were 33%, 49%, 48%, and 27% improvement in water resistance, tensile strength, flexural strength and impact strength, respectively, of PLA-coated sisal composites as compared to that of pure sisal composite.


2010 ◽  
Vol 123-125 ◽  
pp. 1139-1142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sawitri Srisuwan ◽  
Pranee Chumsamrong

In this study, the effects of weave type and fiber content on the physical properties of woven sisal fiber/epoxy composites were investigated. Sisal fibers used in this work were obtained from Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. Both untreated and alkali-treated fibers were employed. The woven sisal fibers were manufactured by hand weaving process. The fiber content in sisal fiber/epoxy composites were 3 wt.%, 5 wt.% and 10 wt.%. The composites were cured at room temperatures. In order to determine mechanical properties of the composites, flexural and impact tests were applied. Flexural strength and flexural modulus of all composites were higher than those of pure epoxy resin and tended to increase with increasing fiber content. The impact strength of all composites was lower than that of pure epoxy resin. The composites containing 10 wt.% sisal fibers showed the highest impact strength. There was no definite influence of weave type on flexural properties of the composites. At 3 and 5 wt.% fiber, the composites containing plain weave fibers seemed to show a higher impact strength than the composites containing other weave types.


2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 543-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusrina Mat Daud ◽  
Kamarudin Hussin ◽  
Azlin Fazlina Osman ◽  
Che Mohd Ruzaidi Ghazali ◽  
Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah ◽  
...  

Preparation epoxy based hybrid composites were involved kaolin geopolymer filler, organo-montmorillonite at 3phr by using high speed mechanical stirrer. A mechanical behaviour of neat epoxy, epoxy/organo-montmorillonite and its hybrid composites containing 1-8phr kaolin geopolymer filler was studied upon cyclic deformation (three-point flexion mode) as the temperature is varies. The analysis was determined by dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) at frequency of 1.0Hz. The results then expressed in storage modulus (E�), loss modulus (E�) and damping factor (tan d) as function of temperature from 40 oC to 130oC. Overall results indicated that E�, E�� and Tg increased considerably by incorporating optimum 1phr kaolin geopolymer in epoxy organo-montmorillonite hybrid composites.


Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongqiang Du ◽  
Jian Zheng ◽  
Guibo Yu

Hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) coating is widely used in a solid rocket motor, but an aging phenomenon exists during long-term storage, which causes irreversible damage to the performance of this HTPB coating. In order to study the effect of aging on the dynamic mechanical properties of the HTPB coating, the thermally-accelerated aging test was carried out. The variation of maximum elongation and crosslinking density with aging time was obtained, and a good linear relationship between maximum elongation and crosslinking density was found by correlation analysis. The changing regularity of dynamic mechanical properties with aging time was analyzed. It was found that with the increase of aging time, Tg of HTPB coating increased, Tα, tan β and tan α decreased, and the functional relationships between the loss factor parameters and crosslinking density were constructed. The storage modulus and loss modulus of HTPB coating increased with the increase of aging time, and decreased with the increase of pre-strain. The aging enhanced the Payne effect of HTPB coating, while the pre-strain had a weakening effect. In view of the Payne effect of HTPB coating, the crosslinking density was introduced into Kraus model as aging evaluation parameter, and the crosslinking density modified models with and without pre-strain were established. The proposed models can effectively solve the problem that the Kraus model has a poor fitting effect under the condition of small strain (generally less than 1%) and on the loss modulus, which have improved the correlations between the fitting results and the test results.


Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 2105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alon Ratner ◽  
Richard Beaumont ◽  
Iain Masters

Strain rate sensitivity has been widely recognized as a significant feature of the dynamic mechanical properties of lithium-ion cells, which are important for their accurate representation in automotive crash simulations. This research sought to improve the precision with which dynamic mechanical properties can be determined from drop tower impact testing through the use of a diaphragm to minimize transient shock loads and to constrain off-axis motion of the indenter, specialized impact absorbers to reduce noise, and observation of displacement with a high speed camera. Inert pouch cells showed strain rate sensitivity in an increased stiffness during impact tests that was consistent with the poromechanical interaction of the porous structure of the jellyroll with the liquid electrolyte. The impact behaviour of the inert pouch cells was similar to that of an Expanded Polypropylene foam (EPP), with the exception that the inert pouch cells did not show hysteretic recovery under the weight of the indenter. This suggests that the dynamic mechanical behaviour of the inert pouch cells is analogous to a highly damped foam.


2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 508-514
Author(s):  
Yannan He ◽  
Zhiqiang Yu

Abstract The thermal and dynamic mechanical properties of epoxy composites filled with zirconium diboride/nano-alumina (ZrB2/Al2O3) multiphase particles were investigated by means of differential scanning calorimetry, dynamic thermo-mechanical analysis, and numerical simulation. ZrB2/Al2O3 particles were surface organic functional modified by γ-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane for the improvement of their dispersity in epoxy matrix. The results indicated that the curing exotherm of epoxy resin decreased significantly due to the addition of ZrB2/Al2O3 multiphase particles. In comparison to the composites filled with unmodified particles, the modified multiphase particles made the corresponding filling composites exhibit lower curing reaction heat, lower loss modulus, and higher storage modulus. Generally speaking, the composites filled with 5 wt% modified multiphase particles presented the best thermal stability and thermo-mechanical properties due to the better filler-matrix interfacial compatibility and the uniform dispersity of modified particles. Finite element analysis also suggested that the introduction of modified ZrB2/Al2O3 multiphase particles increased the stiffness of the corresponding composites.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Yanbing Wang ◽  
Xingyuan Zhou ◽  
Ji Kong ◽  
Bingbing Yu

In order to examine the dynamic mechanical properties, dynamic crack proposition process, and energy loss of fractured rock under dynamic loading, the specimens with different fracture dig angles were processed with Φ50 mm × 50 mm cylindrical sandstone, the impact loading test was conducted on 50 mm stem diameter split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) experiment platform, and the whole process of crack propagation and dynamic failure was recorded using a high-speed camera. As a result, the dynamic mechanical properties such as stress wave fluctuation characteristics, peak strength and stress-strain relationship, crack initiation angle, stress and other dependencies with prefabricated fracture angle of the prefabricated fracture specimens under high strain rate were obtained, and the incident energy, absorbed energy, and energy absorption rates were compared to investigate the energy loss law in the dynamic loading; on the contrary, the effects of different loading rates on the dynamic mechanical properties of the sandstone specimens were identified, and finally a set of findings were presented.


2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 768-775 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.A. Sreekumar ◽  
Redouan Saiah ◽  
Jean Marc Saiter ◽  
Nathalie Leblanc ◽  
Kuruvilla Joseph ◽  
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