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- 2020Remanufacturing of woven carbon fibre fabric production waste into high performance aligned discontinuous fibre compositescitations
- 2020Pseudo-ductile behaviour in fibre reinforced thermoplastic angle-ply compositescitations
- 2020Characterisation of natural fibres for sustainable discontinuous fibre composite materialscitations
- 2019Cellulose nanocrystal-polyetherimide hybrid nanofibrous interleaves for enhanced interlaminar fracture toughness of carbon fibre/epoxy compositescitations
- 2017Polybenzimidazole carbon fibre composite – Utilising a high performance thermoplastic
- 2016Development of Sizing-free Multi-Functional Carbon Fibre Nanocompositescitations
- 2016Multi-Functional Carbon Fibre Composites using Carbon Nanotubes as an Alternative to Polymer Sizingcitations
- 2016Multi-Functional Carbon Fibre Composites using Carbon Nanotubes as an Alternative to Polymer Sizingcitations
- 2014Low temperature growth of carbon nanotubes on carbon fibre to create a highly networked fuzzy fibre reinforced composite with superior electrical conductivitycitations
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Characterisation of natural fibres for sustainable discontinuous fibre composite materials
Abstract
Growing environmental concerns and stringent waste-flow regulations make the development of sustainable composites a current industrial necessity. Natural fibre reinforcements are derived from renewable resources and are both cheap and biodegradable. When they are produced using eco-friendly, low hazard processes, then they can be considered as a sustainable source of fibrous reinforcement. Furthermore, their specific mechanical properties are comparable to commonly used, non-environmentally friendly glass-fibres. In this study, four types of abundant natural fibres (jute, kenaf, curaua, and flax) are investigated as naturally-derived constituents for high performance composites. Physical, thermal, and mechanical properties of the natural fibres are examined to evaluate their suitability as discontinuous reinforcements whilst also generating a database for material selection. Single fibre tensile and microbond tests were performed to obtain stiffness, strength, elongation, and interfacial shear strength of the fibres with an epoxy resin. Moreover, the critical fibre lengths of the natural fibres, which are important for defining the mechanical performances of discontinuous and short fibre composites, were calculated for the purpose of possible processing of highly aligned discontinuous fibres. This study is informative regarding the selection of the type and length of natural fibres for the subsequent production of discontinuous fibre composites.