TY - GEN
T1 - Mechanical properties of structural paper-polypropylene composite laminates
AU - Prambauer, Martina
AU - Paulik, Christian
AU - Burgstaller, Christoph
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© (2015) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Natural fiber reinforced polymers have gained increasing interest in research with the aim of replacing conventional reinforcements, such synthetic or glass fibers. In this work, whole paper sheets of copy, filter and newspaper were used for fabricating cellulose fiber reinforced polypropylene composites with maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (MAPP) as a coupling agent. By varying the amount and type of paper, the influence of these parameters on the mechanical properties was observed. The laminates were produced by a film hand stacking method and hot pressing. The characterization was carried out by tensile and flexural testing. Remarkable results were obtained for copy and newspaper composites at a fiber content of 30 and 40 vol.-%. In summary, structural paper reinforced composites with attractive mechanical properties were obtained, indicating the high potential of whole paper sheets as polymer reinforcement.
AB - Natural fiber reinforced polymers have gained increasing interest in research with the aim of replacing conventional reinforcements, such synthetic or glass fibers. In this work, whole paper sheets of copy, filter and newspaper were used for fabricating cellulose fiber reinforced polypropylene composites with maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (MAPP) as a coupling agent. By varying the amount and type of paper, the influence of these parameters on the mechanical properties was observed. The laminates were produced by a film hand stacking method and hot pressing. The characterization was carried out by tensile and flexural testing. Remarkable results were obtained for copy and newspaper composites at a fiber content of 30 and 40 vol.-%. In summary, structural paper reinforced composites with attractive mechanical properties were obtained, indicating the high potential of whole paper sheets as polymer reinforcement.
KW - Laminates
KW - Mechanical properties
KW - Natural fibers
KW - Newspaper fibers
KW - Polypropylene
KW - Structural composites
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84945195231&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.825-826.11
DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.825-826.11
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84945195231
SN - 9783038355151
T3 - Materials Science Forum
SP - 11
EP - 18
BT - 20th Symposium on Composites
A2 - Edtmaier, Christian
A2 - Requena, Guillermo
PB - Trans Tech Publications Ltd
T2 - 20th Symposium on Composites, 2015
Y2 - 1 July 2015 through 3 July 2015
ER -