High Quality Flax Fibre Composites Manufactured by the Resin Transfer Moulding Process
In this work the use of high quality natural fibres as reinforcements was studied using the resin transfer moulding (RTM) processing technique. The fibres were unidirectional high quality Arctic Flax and the matrix was an epoxy resin. The mechanical properties of the composites were compared to conv...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/073168401772678634 2024-09-09T19:24:26+00:00 High Quality Flax Fibre Composites Manufactured by the Resin Transfer Moulding Process Oksman, Kristiina 2001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/073168401772678634 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/073168401772678634 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites volume 20, issue 7, page 621-627 ISSN 0731-6844 1530-7964 journal-article 2001 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/073168401772678634 2024-08-27T04:24:29Z In this work the use of high quality natural fibres as reinforcements was studied using the resin transfer moulding (RTM) processing technique. The fibres were unidirectional high quality Arctic Flax and the matrix was an epoxy resin. The mechanical properties of the composites were compared to conventional RTM manufactured glass fibre composites, traditionally retted UD-flax fibre composites and to the pure epoxy. The results from mechanical testing showed that the (50/50) high quality ArcticFlax/epoxy composite has a stiffness of about 40 GPa compared to the stiffness in pure epoxy of 3.2 GPa. The same composite has a tensile strength of 280 MPa compared to 80 MPa of the epoxy. RTM showed to be a suitable processing technique for natural fibre composites when high quality laminates are preferred. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic SAGE Publications Arctic Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites 20 7 621 627 |
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In this work the use of high quality natural fibres as reinforcements was studied using the resin transfer moulding (RTM) processing technique. The fibres were unidirectional high quality Arctic Flax and the matrix was an epoxy resin. The mechanical properties of the composites were compared to conventional RTM manufactured glass fibre composites, traditionally retted UD-flax fibre composites and to the pure epoxy. The results from mechanical testing showed that the (50/50) high quality ArcticFlax/epoxy composite has a stiffness of about 40 GPa compared to the stiffness in pure epoxy of 3.2 GPa. The same composite has a tensile strength of 280 MPa compared to 80 MPa of the epoxy. RTM showed to be a suitable processing technique for natural fibre composites when high quality laminates are preferred. |
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