Fibre orientation of novel dynamically sheet formed discontinuous natural fibre PLA composites

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Fibre orientation of novel dynamically sheet formed discontinuous natural fibre PLA composites

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This paper describes work carried out to fabricate and to assess the fibre orientation in PLA reinforced by aligned discontinuous harakeke and hemp fibre mats produced using a dynamic sheet former (DSF). These mats were combined with PLA sheets to make composites with fibre contents of 5–40 wt% using a hot press. It was found that the fibre orientation factors (Kθ) for both harakeke and hemp fibre composites were higher than those values seen in the literature for composites prepared using in...

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2016

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Efendy, M.G. Aruan / Pickering, Kim L.

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https://hdl.handle.net/10289/10891

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Science & Technology / Technology / Engineering, Manufacturing / Materials Science, Composites / Engineering / Materials Science / Discontinuous reinforcement / Analytical modelling / Mechanical testing / Compression moulding / reinforced polypropylene composites / hemp fiber / mechanical-properties / micromechanical parameters / tensile properties / phormium-tenax / strength / length / Harakeke / matrix

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