Strength Evaluation of Green Composite with Variation in Cross-Sectional Area of Plant-Based Natural Fibers

Abstract:

Nowadays, natural fiber-reinforced green composites are increasingly being used in the industrial field. The strength of natural fibers is often evaluated on the assumption that the fibers’ cross-sectional shape is circle, but this is rather observed as an ellipse. In the present study, therefore, we propose a new method to calculate the cross-sectional area of natural fibers by measuring their projection widths. In addition, we propose a strength distribution function with taking account of variation in cross-sectional area, based on Weibull distribution, and discuss the validity of the proposed distribution function.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 79-82)
• Pages: 235-238
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.79-82.235
• Online since: August 2009
• Authors: Y. Terasaki, J. Noda, Koichi Goda
• Keywords: Green Composite, Natural Fiber, Stochastic Process, Strength, Weibull Distribution

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