Effect of fiber orientation on tensile behavior of biocomposites prepared from nettle and poly(lactic acid) fibers: Modeling & experiment
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Date
2018
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Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
In this work, a micromechanical model of tensile behavior of fibrous composites was formulated by taking into
account of the stress-strain behavior of fiber and matrix, the directional arrangement of fibers in the composites,
and the relative space occupied by the constituent fibers and matrix in the composites. A simple and easy-to-use
expression was obtained for predicting the tensile stress of composites as a function of tensile stresses of fiber and
matrix, fiber and matrix volume fractions, and fiber orientation factor. The model was validated with a set of
biocomposites prepared by using nettle and poly(lactic acid) fibers and employing compression moudling
technology. The model was also compared with the well-known "rule of mixtures" equation using the experimental results. While the "rule of mixtures" equation was found to highly overestimate the tensile stress, the
model predicted the experimental results satisfactorily.
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Analytical modeling, Biocomposites, Directional orientation, Micro-mechanics, Tensile behavior
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1359-8368