Stiffness and strength of flax fiber/polymer matrix composites

J. Andersons; E. Sparniņš; R. Joffe

doi:10.1002/pc.20184

Stiffness and strength of flax fiber/polymer matrix composites

J. Andersons^*
, E. Sparniņš
, R. Joffe

^*Corresponding author for this work

Luleå University of Technology

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Abstract

Flax fiber composites with thermoset and thermoplastic polymer matrices have been manufactured and tested for stiffness and strength under uniaxial tension. Flax/polypropylene and flax/maleic anhydride grafted poly-propylene composites are produced from compound obtained by coextrusion of granulated polypropylene and flax fibers, while flax fiber mat/vinylester and modified acrylic resin composites are manufactured by resin transfer molding. The applicability of rule-of-mixtures and orientational averaging based models, developed for short fiber composites, to flax reinforced polymers is considered.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	221-229
Number of pages	9
Journal	Polymer Composites
Volume	27
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/pc.20184
Publication status	Published - Apr 2006

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