Experimental Determination of the Mechanical Behavior of Glass Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene Composites

Significance of the type of reinforcement on the physicomechanical behavior of short glass fiber and short carbon fiber‐reinforced polypropylene composites

“…This can be attributed to the high strength of CFs. 11,12,26 The variation in flexural strength and modulus for hybrid composites showed a similar trend as that of SGF-reinforced PP. Increasing the wt% of hybrid reinforcement to 30 wt% (15SGF + 15SCF) from 20% did not improve the situation.…”

“…Polypropylene (PP) is a semicrystalline engineering thermoplastic, widely used in automotive parts, home appliances, extruded profiles, packaging industry, construction, etc., due to its low cost, low density, easy processibility, and well‐balanced mechanical, physical, and chemical properties . However, its use is limited in many engineering applications where good mechanical and thermal properties are required, due to its low Young's Modulus, strength, and thermal conductivity .…”

“…Polypropylene (PP) is a semicrystalline engineering thermoplastic, widely used in automotive parts, home appliances, extruded profiles, packaging industry, construction, etc., due to its low cost, low density, easy processibility, and well-balanced mechanical, physical, and chemical properties. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] However, its use is limited in many engineering applications where good mechanical and thermal properties are required, due to its low Young's Modulus, strength, and thermal conductivity. 2 In order to provide a cost-effective solution, research in the last decade has mainly focused on reinforcing the PP with short fibers to improve its mechanical and thermal properties.…”

“…Goulart et al 25 investigated the mechanical behavior of PP reinforced with palm fiber composites; the study revealed that the addition of fibers improved the flexural strength and modulus of PP. Rezaei et al 26 carried out research on the development of SCF-reinforced PP composite for car bonnet. The results have shown that hardness, impact strength, stiffness, and thermal stability of SCF/PP composites increased with increased SCF content.…”

“…From the literature, 6,7,10,11,[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] it is found that researchers have tried to improve the mechanical properties of PP by reinforcing with SGF and SCF and also by adding natural and nanofibers, natural, particulate, and nanofillers as hybrid reinforcement and filler materials. The effect of fiber weight percent, fiber-matrix interfacial strength, and fiber length on the mechanical properties are studied.…”