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Engineering Sustainable Construction Material: Hemp Fiber Reinforced Composite with Recycled High Density Polyethylene Matrix
This article reported a fundamental study in sustainable construction materials engineered by using natural fiber reinforced composites. Industrial hemp fiber composites were synthesized with recycled thermoplastic polymers by using extrusion and compression molding techniques. The effects of fiber/matrix volume fraction on composite's tensile, flexural strength and modulus were investigated. Surface morphology of natural fiber before and after treatment were examined by using scanning electron microscopy. This study indicated that hemp fiber composites with recycled High Density Polyethylene have desirable mechanical properties with regards to tensile strength, elastic modulus; flexural strength, and modulus of rupture at 40% of fiber volume fraction. It is interesting to observe that the tensile strength of hemp fiber with recycled HDPE composite reached to 60.2MPa at the 40% of fiber volume fraction, which outperforms hemp composites with virgin thermoplastic matrix reported in previous studies.
Engineering Sustainable Construction Material: Hemp Fiber Reinforced Composite with Recycled High Density Polyethylene Matrix
This article reported a fundamental study in sustainable construction materials engineered by using natural fiber reinforced composites. Industrial hemp fiber composites were synthesized with recycled thermoplastic polymers by using extrusion and compression molding techniques. The effects of fiber/matrix volume fraction on composite's tensile, flexural strength and modulus were investigated. Surface morphology of natural fiber before and after treatment were examined by using scanning electron microscopy. This study indicated that hemp fiber composites with recycled High Density Polyethylene have desirable mechanical properties with regards to tensile strength, elastic modulus; flexural strength, and modulus of rupture at 40% of fiber volume fraction. It is interesting to observe that the tensile strength of hemp fiber with recycled HDPE composite reached to 60.2MPa at the 40% of fiber volume fraction, which outperforms hemp composites with virgin thermoplastic matrix reported in previous studies.
Engineering Sustainable Construction Material: Hemp Fiber Reinforced Composite with Recycled High Density Polyethylene Matrix
Lu, Na (author) / Korman, Thomas (author)
International Conference on Sustainable Design and Construction (ICSDC) 2011 ; 2011 ; Kansas City, Missouri
ICSDC 2011 ; 569-576
2012-01-04
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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