TY - GEN
T1 - Using paper as reinforcement material in thermoplastic composites
T2 - 17th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM 2016
AU - Prambauer, Martina
AU - Paulik, Christian
AU - Burgstaller, Christoph
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Composite laminates, consisting of copy paper sheets and four different thermoplastic matrices were produced and characterized in this work. The laminates were fabricated by manual stacking and subsequent hot pressing with paper contents between 0 to 50 vol.%. The mechanical properties, obtained by tensile and flexural testing, were compared to polypropylene laminates, reinforced with plain weave glass fiber mats. Further investigations on the composite's interface were carried out by interlaminar shear strength measurements and SEM analysis, as well as density determinations. By comparing the specific properties of the paper laminates to the glass fiber reinforced composites, comparative results were obtained pointing out a high potential for standard copy paper as environmentally friendly reinforcement material.
AB - Composite laminates, consisting of copy paper sheets and four different thermoplastic matrices were produced and characterized in this work. The laminates were fabricated by manual stacking and subsequent hot pressing with paper contents between 0 to 50 vol.%. The mechanical properties, obtained by tensile and flexural testing, were compared to polypropylene laminates, reinforced with plain weave glass fiber mats. Further investigations on the composite's interface were carried out by interlaminar shear strength measurements and SEM analysis, as well as density determinations. By comparing the specific properties of the paper laminates to the glass fiber reinforced composites, comparative results were obtained pointing out a high potential for standard copy paper as environmentally friendly reinforcement material.
KW - Bio-Composites
KW - Laminates
KW - Mechanical properties
KW - SEM analysis
KW - Thermoplastics
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85018572089
T3 - ECCM 2016 - Proceeding of the 17th European Conference on Composite Materials
BT - ECCM 2016 - Proceeding of the 17th European Conference on Composite Materials
PB - European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM
Y2 - 26 June 2016 through 30 June 2016
ER -