Abstract
Forestry by-products have potential applications as components of wood composites. Replacement of conventional pine radiata wood-fibres by the fibres from the seeds (SCF) of the by-products, require determining and optimizing the mechanical properties to producing highest quality products. Response to mechanical stress is an important aspect to consider towards partial or full replacement of the wood-fibres by SCFs. In the present study the critical strain energy release rate, and the fracture toughness are derived from the published data. The present work uses rules of mixture to derive the mechanical and the physical properties of the SCF and relates the performance of the composites of the wood-fibres and the SCF to chemical composition, dispersion, weight and Vf of the fibres. We have also derived the Gc, the critical strain energy release rate, KIC, the fracture toughness of the composites.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1915-1928 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Procedia Engineering |
| Volume | 97 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 12th Global Congress on Manufacturing and Management (GCMM) - Vellore, India Duration: 8 Dec 2014 → 10 Dec 2014 |
Bibliographical note
Copyright the Author(s) 2014. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.Keywords
- wood-fibres
- A. Polymer-matrix composites (PMCs)
- B. Impact behaviour
- B. fracture toughness
- A. polymer-matrix composites (PMCs)
- Wood-fibres