Measurement and evaluation of fiber bundle surface of long fiber reinforced woven composites

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 015003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinhua Wei ◽  
Haoji Wang ◽  
Bin Lin ◽  
Tianyi Sui ◽  
Anying Wang ◽  
...  
2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-62
Author(s):  
AR Mohammed ◽  
MS Nurul Atiqah ◽  
Deepu A Gopakumar ◽  
MR Fazita ◽  
Samsul Rizal ◽  
...  

Natural fiber-reinforced composites gained considerable interest in the scientific community due to their eco-friendly nature, cost-effective, and excellent mechanical properties. Here, we reported a chemical modification of kenaf fiber using propionic anhydride to enhance the compatibility with the epoxy matrix. The incorporation of the modified woven and nonwoven kenaf fibers into the epoxy matrix resulted in the improvement of the thermal and mechanical properties of the composite. The thermal stability of the epoxy composites was enhanced from 403°C to 677°C by incorporating modified woven kenaf fibers into the epoxy matrix. The modified and unmodified woven kenaf fiber-reinforced epoxy composites had a tensile strength of 64.11 and 58.82 MPa, respectively. The modified woven composites had highest flexural strength, which was 89.4 MPa, whereas, for unmodified composites, it was 86.8 MPa. The modified woven fiber-reinforced epoxy composites showed the highest value of flexural modulus, which was 6.0 GPa compared to unmodified woven composites (5.51 GPa). The impact strength of the epoxy composites was enhanced to 9.43 kJ m−2 by the incarnation of modified woven kenaf fibers into epoxy matrix. This study will be an effective platform to design the chemical modification strategy on natural fibers for enhancing the compatibility toward the hydrophobic polymer matrices.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 015027 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinhua Wei ◽  
Haoji Wang ◽  
Bin Lin ◽  
Tianyi Sui ◽  
Anying Wang ◽  
...  

Carbon ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 38 (15) ◽  
pp. 2123-2131 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Sakai ◽  
R. Matsuyama ◽  
T. Miyajima

2014 ◽  
Vol 132 (15) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
Putinun Uawongsuwan ◽  
Yuqiu Yang ◽  
Hiroyuki Hamada

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hirohide Shiratori ◽  
Akira Todoroki ◽  
Masahito Ueda ◽  
Ryosuke Matsuzaki ◽  
Yoshiyasu Hirano

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