TY - GEN
T1 - Mechanical properties of unidirectional flax fabric-reinforced furan composites
T2 - 3rd International Conference on Frontiers of Composite Materials, ICFCM 2018
AU - Aphichartsuphapkhajorn, Ketkanok
AU - Arao, Yoshihiko
AU - Kubouchi, Masatoshi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Switzerland.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Composite materials based on bio-derived furan resin and natural fiber as reinforcing elements were studied. The purpose of this research is to improve the mechanical properties of this composite material by focusing on the natural fiber treatment methods. Unidirectional flax fabric was pretreated by alkaline treatment, silane coupling treatment, and the combination between alkaline and silane treatment before impregnating with furan resin. Three-point bending test, SEM observation, and ATR-IR analysis were carried out to evaluate the effects of treatment methods on the composite samples. Results reveal that the flexural strength of the composite was increased to 215MPa, 232MPa, 247MPa for alkaline, silane, and alkaline-silane treated composites respectively while the flexural strength of the untreated composite sample is 200MPa. SEM images show the effects of alkaline treatment on a single flax fiber at different treatment durations. The coupling of silane on the surface of flax fiber was confirmed by ATR-IR.
AB - Composite materials based on bio-derived furan resin and natural fiber as reinforcing elements were studied. The purpose of this research is to improve the mechanical properties of this composite material by focusing on the natural fiber treatment methods. Unidirectional flax fabric was pretreated by alkaline treatment, silane coupling treatment, and the combination between alkaline and silane treatment before impregnating with furan resin. Three-point bending test, SEM observation, and ATR-IR analysis were carried out to evaluate the effects of treatment methods on the composite samples. Results reveal that the flexural strength of the composite was increased to 215MPa, 232MPa, 247MPa for alkaline, silane, and alkaline-silane treated composites respectively while the flexural strength of the untreated composite sample is 200MPa. SEM images show the effects of alkaline treatment on a single flax fiber at different treatment durations. The coupling of silane on the surface of flax fiber was confirmed by ATR-IR.
KW - Alkaline treatment
KW - Composite
KW - Flax fiber
KW - Furan resin
KW - NFRPs
KW - Silane treatment
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U2 - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.951.33
DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.951.33
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85071633283
SN - 9783035714616
T3 - Materials Science Forum
SP - 33
EP - 38
BT - Frontiers of Composite Materials III
A2 - Martin, Martin
A2 - Agarwal, Ramesh K.
PB - Trans Tech Publications Ltd
Y2 - 16 November 2018 through 18 November 2018
ER -