Etaati, Amir and Pather, Selvan and Cardona, Francisco and Wang, Hao (2016) Injection molded noil hemp fiber composites: interfacial shear strength, fiber strength, and aspect ratio. Polymer Composites, 37 (1). pp. 213-220. ISSN 0272-8397
Abstract
Noil hemp fiber-reinforced polypropylene composites were fabricated using intermixer and injection molding machines. X-ray microtomography and Weibull statistical methods were employed to characterize the aspect ratio distributions of noil hemp fibers in the polypropylene matrices. The influence of fiber content (0–40 wt%) and compatibilizer addition (5 wt%) on IFSS (interfacial shear strengths) was evaluated by means of the modified Bowyer and Bader model. The evaluated IFSSs decreased from 9.7 to 7.2 MPa as the fiber content increased from 10 to 40 wt%. Also, the outcomes indicated increases to IFSSs for the maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (MAPP)-coupled composites than uncoupled ones. They were used to predict theoretical tensile strength of the composites. A good agreement has been found between the theoretical and the experimental tensile strengths of composites indicating that the developed model has excellent capability to predict the tensile strength of noil hemp fiber reinforced polypropylene composites. Ultimately, the influences of interfacial shear strength; fiber strength and fiber aspect ratio were investigated using the developed model to predict composite tensile strengths.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | © 2014 Society of Plastics Engineers. Permanent restricted access to Published version due to publisher copyright policy. |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Apr 2015 02:32 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Mar 2017 04:53 |
| Fields of Research : | 09 Engineering > 0905 Civil Engineering > 090503 Construction Materials 09 Engineering > 0912 Materials Engineering > 091202 Composite and Hybrid Materials 03 Chemical Sciences > 0305 Organic Chemistry > 030502 Natural Products Chemistry |
| Socio-Economic Objective: | B Economic Development > 86 Manufacturing > 8606 Industrial Chemicals and Related Products > 860607 Plastic Products (incl. Construction Materials) |
| Identification Number or DOI: | 10.1002/pc.23172 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/26181 |
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