Clutch plate using woven hybrid composite materials

Alavudeen, A.; Thiruchitrambalam, M.; Athijayamani, A.

doi:10.1179/143307511x13018917925676

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“…Bamboo fibers are abundant in South East Asian countries especially in China and are not extensively used ; their specific stiffness and strength are comparable to those of glass fibers . Bamboo in fabric form provides excellent tensile properties, allows the control of fiber orientation, ease in handling and provides more balanced properties in the fabric plane, and possesses a high flexibility . Hence, PLA reinforced with bamboo fabric could be a possible replacement candidate for packaging.…”

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Bamboo fabric reinforced polypropylene and poly(lactic acid) for packaging applications: Impact, thermal, and physical properties

2014

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The main objective of this study is to explore the potential of using totally green composites made from renewable resources in packaging applications as compared to conventional thermoplastics. In this work, we undertook a comparative study of the functional properties related to the packaging applications of bamboo fabric–Polypropylene (PP) and bamboo fabric–Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) composites. Results indicate that Charpy impact strength was increased from 37.5 to 126 J/m for bamboo fabric–PLA composites and 204 to 278 J/m for bamboo fabric–PP composites compared to the pure polymers. Drop weight impact tests were also performed and the same trend was observed. Results of thermogravimetric analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, and heat deflection temperature analysis have shown that the addition of bamboo fabric improved the thermal resistance of these composites. Results indicate that bamboo fabric is a potential reinforcement for PLA composites, but possible packaging applications should avoid high humidity environment. POLYM. COMPOS., 35:1888–1899, 2014. © 2014 Society of Plastics Engineers

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Bamboo fabric reinforced polypropylene and poly(lactic acid) for packaging applications: Impact, thermal, and physical properties

2014

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“…as natural reinforcements in phenolic, unsaturated polyester and epoxies has been reported [7][8][9][10][11]. Natural fibers are not abrasive, cost effective and health safety while handled and they offer interesting balanced properties as potential substitutes of conventional reinforcements [12,13]. The energy consumption during processing of natural fibers is lower if compared to conventional glass fiber.…”

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Use of eco‐friendly epoxy resins from renewable resources as potential substitutes of petrochemical epoxy resins for ambient cured composites with flax reinforcements

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In the last years, some high renewable content epoxy resins, derived from vegetable oils, have been developed at industrial level and are now commercially available; these can compete with petroleum-based resins as thermoset matrices for composite materials. Nevertheless, due to the relatively high cost in comparison to petroleum-based resins, their use is still restricted to applications with relatively low volume consumption such as model making, tuning components, nautical parts, special effects, outdoor sculptures, etc. in which, the use of composite laminates with carbon, aramid and, mainly, glass fibers is generalized by using hand layup and vacuum assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) techniques due to low manufacturing costs and easy implementation. In this work, we study the behavior of two high renewable content epoxy resins derived from vegetable oils as potential substitutes of petroleum-based epoxies in composite laminates with flax reinforcements by using the VARTM technique. The curing behavior of the different epoxy resins is compared in terms of the gel point and exothermicity profile by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). In addition, overall performance of flax-epoxy composites is compared with standardized mechanical (tensile, flexural and impact) and thermal (Vicat softening temperature, heat deflection temperature, thermo-mechanical analysis) tests. The curing DSC profiles of the two eco-friendly epoxy resins are similar to a conventional epoxy resin. They can be easily handled and processed by conventional VARTM process thus leading to composite laminates with flax with balanced mechanical and thermal properties, similar or even higher to a multipurpose epoxy resin.

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“…The advanced natural fiber reinforced polymer composite contributes to enhancing the development of biocomposites in regards of performance and sustainability. There are numerous research is going on all over the world, which reflects in recent enormous review papers focusing on overall performance of natural fiber composites, influence of natural fibers on biodegradable polymers and their biodegradation, chemical treatments of natural fibers and performance of chemically treated natural fiber composites, mechanical and physical properties of natural fiber composites, tensile properties, tribology properties, flame retardancy, mechanical behavior of natural fiber woven composites, natural fiber hybrid composites, aspects of fatigue analysis of natural fiber composites, and applications in automotive sector . There are review papers also published on individual natural fibers and their suitability in composite materials, such as abaca/banana fiber, oil palm fiber, oil palm empty fruit bunch, kenaf fiber, hemp fiber, bamboo fiber, coir fiber, bagasse fiber, and cellulosic nanofibers .…”

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Progress Report on Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites

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Błędzki

Fink

et al. 2013

Macromol. Mater. Eng.

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This century has witnessed remarkable achievements in green technology in material science through the development of natural fiber reinforced composites. The development of high performance engineering products made from natural resources is increasing worldwide day by day. There is increasing interest in materials demonstrating efficient use of renewable resources. Nowadays, more than ever, companies are faced with opportunities and choices in material innovations. Due to the challenges of petroleumbased products and the need to find renewable solutions, more and more companies are looking at natural fiber composite materials. The primary driving forces for new biocomposite materials are the cost of natural fibers (currently priced at onethird of the cost of glass fiber or less), weight reduction (these fibers are half the weight of glass fiber), recycling (natural fiber composites are easier to recycle) and the desire for green products. This Review provides an overview of natural fiber reinfocred composites focusing on natural fiber types and sources, processing methods, modification of fibers, matrices (petrochemical and renewable), and their mechanical performance. It also focuses on future research, recent developments and applications and concludes with key issues that need to be resolved. This article critically summarizes the essential findings of the mostly readily utilized reinforced natural fibers in polymeric composite materials and their performance from 2000 to 2013.

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Clutch plate using woven hybrid composite materials

Cited by 13 publications

References 18 publications

Bamboo fabric reinforced polypropylene and poly(lactic acid) for packaging applications: Impact, thermal, and physical properties

Bamboo fabric reinforced polypropylene and poly(lactic acid) for packaging applications: Impact, thermal, and physical properties

Use of eco‐friendly epoxy resins from renewable resources as potential substitutes of petrochemical epoxy resins for ambient cured composites with flax reinforcements

Progress Report on Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites

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