Modeling the tensile strength of hemp fibers and short-hemp-fiber reinforced composites

Author(s):  
R. Joffe ◽  
J. Andersons



2011 ◽  
Vol 332-334 ◽  
pp. 121-125
Author(s):  
Xing Mei Guo ◽  
Yi Ping Qiu

The use of natural plant fibers as reinforcing fillers in fiber-polymer composites has drawn much interest in recent years. Natural plant fibers as reinforcing fillers have several advantages over inorganic fillers such as glass fibers; they are abundant, readily available, renewable, inexpensive, biodegradable, of low density, and of high specific strength. Hemp fibers are one of the most attractive natural plant fibers for fiber-reinforced composites because of their exceptional specific stiffness. In this review, we summarize recent progress in developments of the hemp fiber reinforced composites such as hemp fiber reinforced unsaturated polyester (UPE), hemp fiber reinforced polypropylene (PP), hemp fiber reinforced epoxy composites, and so on, illustrate with examples how they work, and discuss their intrinsic fundamentals and optimization designs. We are expecting the review to pave the way for developing fiber-polymer composites with higher strength.



2019 ◽  
Vol 220 ◽  
pp. 580-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geunsung Lee ◽  
Minchang Sung ◽  
Ji Ho Youk ◽  
Jinyong Lee ◽  
Woong-Ryeol Yu


2018 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 210-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingji Wu ◽  
Changlei Xia ◽  
Liping Cai ◽  
Sheldon Q. Shi ◽  
Jiangtao Cheng


Seikei-Kakou ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 181-189
Author(s):  
Makoto Sarata ◽  
Shoko Toyama ◽  
Asami Nakai ◽  
Hiroyuki Hamada


2020 ◽  
pp. 096739112096843
Author(s):  
Sheraz Hussain Siddique ◽  
Saira Faisal ◽  
Muhammad Ali ◽  
Rong Hugh Gong

The present study relates to manufacturing, characterization and optimization of bagasse fiber reinforced composites. For this purpose, response surface methodology was applied to simultaneously optimize the tensile strength, tensile modulus and tensile strain of bagasse fiber reinforced composites. Three levels of process variables, including concentration of sodium hydroxide for bagasse fiber treatment (4, 6, and 8%), content of bagasse fiber (10, 20, and 30 wt%), and length of bagasse fiber (1, 2, and 3 inch) were used to design the experiments according to the Box–Behnken design. Experimental results were analyzed by analysis of variance and fitted to second order polynomial models by using multiple regression analysis. The Derringer’s desirability function revealed that the values of process variables leading to optimized tensile strength, tensile modulus and tensile strain are 4%, 14.2 wt% and 1 inch for concentration of NaOH for bagasse fiber treatment, content of bagasse fiber and length of bagasse fiber, respectively. Validation experiments were carried out and high degree of correlation was found between the actual values and the predicted values of tensile properties of bagasse fiber reinforced composites.



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