Journal
COMPOSITE STRUCTURES
Volume 140, Issue -, Pages 692-701Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.01.042
Keywords
Manicaria Saccifera fabric; Taguchi method; Biocomposite; Natural fibers; Mechanical properties
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- Fondo Nacional de Financiamiento para la Ciencia, la Tecnologia y la Innovacion, Fondo Francisco Jose de Caldas (Convocatoria Colciencias) [642-2013, 120464239843]
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/I033335/1, EP/I033335/2] Funding Source: researchfish
- EPSRC [EP/I033335/2, EP/I033335/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Environmental awareness of the global waste problem has driven the development of new green composites made from either renewable or biodegradable materials. Among the variety of available green composites, natural composites based on poly-lactic acid (PLA) have shown noteworthy performance due to their short degradation time after disposal, good strength, and ease of processing by conventional methods. In particular, green composites manufactured with PLA matrix reinforced with Manicaria Saccifera fabric (MF) display mechanical properties that have shown to be very competitive compared with similar materials. In this study, the tensile properties of a green composite of PLA reinforced with MF are optimized by using a Taguchi method approach. The processing parameters, fabric chemical treatment parameters, compression molding parameters, and fiber content are analyzed simultaneously to yield the optimum biocomposite properties. The predicted optimum parameters are experimentally verified. Tensile tests and scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis are used. Significant improvements on both the tensile strength (114.2%), and the elastic modulus (120.6%) of the biocomposite are achieved. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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