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| Le Duigou, Antoine; Merotte, Justin; Bourmaud, Alain; Davies, Peter; Belhouli, Karim; Baley, Christophe. |
| The present article aims to investigate the contribution of hygroscopic expansion of flax fibres to interfacial radial stresses and Interfacial Shear Strength (IFSS) of Maleic Anhydride grafted PolyPropylene (MAPP)/Flax biocomposites. During manufacturing of thermoplastic biocomposites and storage at 50% RH, a weight variation is observed, attributed to water content evolution within plant cell-walls. The hygroscopic radial expansion coefficient βr flax of single flax fibres estimated by Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy (ESEM) observation is many orders of magnitude higher (βf,R = 1.14 ε/Δm) than thermal expansion (αf, R = 78 10−6 ε/°C). Thus, its contribution to the development of residual stresses σrad during processing should be prevalent. A... |
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Palavras-chave: Flax fibres; Fibre/matrix bond. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00397/50830/51594.pdf |
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