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Davies, Peter; Arhant, Mael; Le Gac, Pierre Yves; Le Gall, Maelenn; Kemlin, Guillaume. |
There are more than a thousand species of bamboo and some of these contain large amounts of fibres with attractive properties. However, the extraction of the fibres without damaging them is difficult, requiring energy and special equipment. One solution is to use the bamboo in the form of thin strips taken from fibre-rich regions of the plant, as done by the Cobratex company in an innovative process. These contain the fibres but they are protected from damage and keep their alignment. This paper presents the results from a study of bamboo strips, alone and in an infused composite. The influence of seawater immersion is investigated. The composite weight gain is high, around 25 %, but most of the water is in the natural canals of the wood. The influence of... |
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Palavras-chave: Bamboo; Density; Mechanical properties; Wet aging. |
Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00593/70534/68681.pdf |
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Davies, Peter; Le Gac, Pierre-yves; Le Gall, Maelenn. |
A new matrix resin was recently introduced for composite materials, based on acrylic resin chemistry allowing standard room temperature infusion techniques to be used to produce recyclable thermoplastic composites. This is a significant advance, particularly for more environmentally-friendly production of large marine structures such as boats. However, for such applications it is essential to demonstrate that composites produced with these resins resist sea water exposure in service. This paper presents results from a wet aging study of unreinforced acrylic and glass and carbon fibre reinforced acrylic composites. It is shown that the acrylic matrix resin is very stable in seawater, showing lower property losses after seawater aging than those of a... |
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Palavras-chave: Acrylic; Thermoplastic; Infusion; Seawater; Immersion. |
Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00347/45815/45541.pdf |
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Bourmaud, Alain; Mérotte, Justin; Siniscalco, David; Le Gall, Maelenn; Gager, Victor; Le Duigou, Antoine; Pierre, Floran; Behlouli, Karim; Arnould, Olivier; Beaugrand, Johnny; Baley, Christophe. |
This paper investigates biochemical, morphological and mechanical properties of a large range of plant fibres explored with the same methods. Biochemical results clearly exhibit strong differences between gelatinous, i.e. flax and hemp, and xylan type, i.e. jute and kenaf, cell walls. These differences into parietal composition have an impact on cell wall stiffness, highlighted through nanoindentation and atomic force microscopy measurements, but also on fibre individualisation, due to variations into fibre bundles cohesion. In addition, the morphology and particularly the lumen size induces apparent density differences. Moreover, the influence of fibre morphology and properties is demonstrated on UD materials. Finally, longitudinal Young’s modulus of each... |
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Palavras-chave: Natural fibers; Biocomposite; Microstructures; Mechanical properties. |
Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00505/61621/65646.pdf |
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Le Gall, Maelenn; Choqueuse, Dominique; Le Gac, Pierre-yves; Davies, Peter; Perreux, Dominique. |
Syntactic foams, used in submersibles and in pipelines for deep sea oil wells, must be resistant to the severe conditions of the deep sea environment. As these foams will be in service for at least 20 years, their qualification testing is crucial. However, their mechanical characterization under real conditions of use is a challenge. In deep sea, the main loading is hydrostatic compression, however there is no standard procedure for testing material under pure hydrostatic pressure. The aim of this paper is to present a new characterization technique based on buoyancy loss measurement under hydrostatic pressure. To validate the method, two different syntactic foams (one brittle and one ductile) have been tested. Their behaviours under hydrostatic pressure... |
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Palavras-chave: Hydrostatic compression; Syntactic foam; Deep sea; Mechanical characterization. |
Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00201/31191/29590.pdf |
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Niu, Zhiyue; Catarino, Ana Isabel; Davies, Peter; Le Gall, Maelenn; Curto, Marco; Jiang, Chulin; Dotcheva, Mariana; Vancoillie, Gertjan; Dhakal, Hom; Vandegehuchte, Michiel; Everaert, Gert. |
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Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00620/73194/72389.pdf |
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Le Gall, Maelenn; Davies, Peter; Martin, Nicolas; Baley, Christophe. |
Density is one of the fundamental properties of fibres which reinforce polymer matrix composites, and is used both to estimate composite weight and to evaluate fibre content for property predictions. For traditional composites, reinforced by glass or carbon fibres, unique density values are well known for a particular fibre grade and provide reliable fibre content estimations and composite property predictions. However, this is not the case for natural fibres. This paper first reviews published density values for flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) fibres and describes the limitations of techniques used to measure fibre density. Significant variations in published densities are found, which can be related to the measurement method. New data quantify the... |
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Palavras-chave: Density; Flax; Archimedes; Pycnometer; Volume fraction; Tensile modulus. |
Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00427/53875/55082.pdf |
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Le Gac, Pierre-yves; Arhant, Mael; Le Gall, Maelenn; Davies, Peter. |
This paper considers the effect of water content on mechanical properties of polyamide 6 when used in a humid environment. First an experimental section presents the tensile behavior of polyamide with different amounts of water, with and without a through-thickness water gradient. Water profiles are introduced by immersion in sea water at 25 °C. The effect of testing temperature is also investigated in order to consider the influence of macromolecular chain mobility on the mechanical behavior. Then, in a second section, modelling of yield stress is proposed based on physical considerations. This can be used for life time prediction of PA6 in humid environment when plasticization is the main degradation mechanism. |
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Palavras-chave: Yield stress; Water; Polyamide; Plasticization; Prediction. |
Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00371/48208/48321.pdf |
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