Effect of water absorption on the dynamic mechanical properties of composites used for windmill blades

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 609-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Faguaga ◽  
C.J. Pérez ◽  
N. Villarreal ◽  
E.S. Rodriguez ◽  
V. Alvarez
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Water Absorption ◽  
Dynamic Mechanical Properties ◽  
Dynamic Mechanical ◽  
Effect Of Water ◽  
Properties Of Composites

Synergistic effect of fiber content and length on mechanical and water absorption behaviors of Phoenix sp. fiber-reinforced epoxy composites

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Rajeshkumar ◽  
V Hariharan ◽  
TP Sathishkumar ◽  
V Fiore ◽  
T Scalici
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Water Absorption ◽  
Dynamic Mechanical Properties ◽  
Short Fiber ◽  
Epoxy Composites ◽  
Reinforced Composites ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Absorption Properties ◽  
Dynamic Mechanical ◽  
Properties Of Composites

Phoenix sp. fiber-reinforced epoxy composites have been manufactured using compression molding technique. The effect of reinforcement volume content (0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, and 50%) and size (300 µm particles, 10 mm, 20 mm, and 30 mm fibers) on quasi-static and dynamic mechanical properties was investigated. Moreover, the water absorption properties of composites were analyzed at different environmental conditions (10℃, 30℃, and 60℃). For each reinforcement size, composites loaded with 40% in volume show highest tensile and flexural properties. Furthermore, composites with 300 µm particles present the best impact properties and the lowest water absorption, regardless of the environmental condition. The dynamic mechanical properties of the composites loaded with 40% in volume were analyzed by varying the reinforcement size and the load frequency (i.e., 0.5 Hz, 1 Hz, 2 Hz, 5 Hz, and 10 Hz). It was found that the glass transition temperature of short fiber-reinforced composites is higher than that of the composite loaded with particles.

PLA-coated sisal fibre-reinforced polyester composite: Water absorption, static and dynamic mechanical properties

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
MK Gupta ◽  
Rohit Singh
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Water Absorption ◽  
Loss Modulus ◽  
Alkali Treatment ◽  
Dynamic Mechanical Properties ◽  
Mechanical Analysis ◽  
Static Properties ◽  
Physical Treatment ◽  
Sisal Fibre ◽  
Dynamic Mechanical

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.

Improvement on Mechanical and Dynamic Properties of Palm Fiber/PLA Composites by Fiber Treatment

2015 ◽  
Vol 1087 ◽  
pp. 355-359
Author(s):  
Mohamed Nasrul Mohamed Hatta ◽  
Nagata Kenji
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Polylactic Acid ◽  
Dynamic Properties ◽  
Dynamic Mechanical Properties ◽  
Palm Fiber ◽  
Dynamic Mechanical ◽  
Fiber Coating ◽  
Fiber Treatment ◽  
Hot Compress ◽  
Properties Of Composites

In this work, palm fiber reinforced polylactic acid composites were fabricated by hot-compress. The palm fibers were treated by γ-aminopropyl trimethoxysilane (APS) and coated with polylactic acid (PLA) in varied percentage (5%, 10% and 15%). The treatment reaction was analyzed by FTIR and the effect of fiber treatment on the flexural and dynamic mechanical properties of oil palm empty fruit bunch/polylactic acid (OPEFB/PL) composites were examined. The flexural properties of composites were increased with increasing of fiber coating and improved by introduction of APS. It was also observed that the APS treated fibers had improved the dynamic mechanical properties of the composites respectively.

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