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Tensile and Impact Properties of Two Fiber Configurations for Curaua Reinforced Composites

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Proceedings of the 3rd Pan American Materials Congress

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Natural fibers have been extensively investigated in the past decades, due to their good properties, lightweight, low cost and renewable nature. From the ananas erectifolius plant, high strength and high modulus curaua fibers can be obtained. Their remarkable properties make them adequate to several high performance applications. In the present work, tensile and impact properties of two fiber configurations for curaua reinforced composites were investigated: a non-woven fiber fabric (NWFF) and high percentage continuous and aligned fiber (HPCAF) composites, using epoxy and polyester as polymeric matrix, respectively. The results showed that the fabric configuration does not effectively reinforce the polymer on tensile load, in spite of promoting significant improvement on the impact properties of the composite. The latter configuration results in both high strength and tough composites, however, its ability to resist to impacts depends on the direction of load.

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The authors thank the Brazilian agencies CAPES and CNPq for the financial support, and LNDC/UFRJ for performing the tensile tests.

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  1. Militar Institute of Engineering—IME, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Fábio de Oliveira Braga, Noan Tonini Simonassi, Augusto Corrêa Cabral, Sérgio Neves Monteiro & Foluke Salgado de Assis

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  1. Dept. of Nanoengineering, MC 0448, University of California-San Diego Dept. of Nanoengineering, MC 0448, LA JOLLA, California, USA

    Marc André Meyers

  2. ESFM-IPN , Mexico City, Mexico

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  3. UTN-National University of Technology , Buenos Aires, Argentina

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  4. Universidad de Antioquia , Medellín, Colombia

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  5. Pratt & Whitney Canada , Longueuil, Canada

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  6. Military Institute of Engineering , Rio de Janerio, Brazil

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  7. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais , Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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  8. Ternium Mexico , Nuevo León, Mexico

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  9. Division of Materials Sci & Engg, Hanyang University Division of Materials Sci & Engg, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

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  10. Dept. Engineering & the Environment, University of Southampton Dept. Engineering & the Environment, Southampton, United Kingdom

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  11. University of Concepción , Concepción, Chile

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de Oliveira Braga, F., Simonassi, N.T., Cabral, A.C., Monteiro, S.N., de Assis, F.S. (2017). Tensile and Impact Properties of Two Fiber Configurations for Curaua Reinforced Composites. In: Meyers, M., et al. Proceedings of the 3rd Pan American Materials Congress. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52132-9_43

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