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Viscoelastic and thermal behavior of woven hemp fiber reinforced poly(lactic acid) composites

  • Young Seok Song
  • , Jung Tae Lee
  • , Dong Sun Ji
  • , Myung Wook Kim
  • , Seung Hwan Lee
  • , Jae Ryoun Youn

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Abstract

This study examined the physical behavior of hemp/poly(lactic acid) (PLA) composites, particularly the thermal properties and viscoelastic behavior. Twill and plain woven hemp fabrics were used as reinforcements and hemp fabrics-reinforced PLA composites were produced using a film stacking method. The coefficient of thermal expansion of the composites decreased sharply with increasing the volume fraction of fiber. The twill structure was found to be suitable for reinforcing a PLA resin with higher impact strength and better mechanical properties than the plain woven. The viscoelastic properties of the composites including the storage modulus, loss modulus and loss tangent were also examined by dynamic mechanical analysis. In addition, morphological analysis was performed using scanning electron microscopy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)856-860
Number of pages5
JournalComposites Part B: Engineering
Volume43
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2012

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology ( 2010-0006337 ). Also, this study was supported by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) grant funded by the Korean government (MEST) ( R11-2005-065 ) through the Intelligent Textile System Research Center (ITRC). In addition, this work supported by Ministry of Environment under Environment Convergence Technology Project.

Keywords

  • A. Fabrics
  • A. Polymer-matrix composites (PMCs)
  • B. Mechanical properties
  • B. Thermal properties

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