TY - JOUR
T1 - Tensile, Impact, and Thermal Properties of an Epoxynovolac Matrix Composites with Cuban Henequen Fibers
AU - Rodríguez Soto, A. A.
AU - Valín Rivera, J. L.
AU - Alves Borges, L. M.S.
AU - Palomares Ruiz, J. E.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank the CAPES-MES project for support, POLINOVA, Rio de Janeiro for supplying the epoxy-novolac resin, and professors Bluma Guenther and Vitor Pita from the IMA, UFRJ and professor Silvana de A. Martins for all the help and support provided. Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 501-510 , May-June, 2018.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/7/1
Y1 - 2018/7/1
N2 - Composites based on an epoxy-novolac matrix and a Cuban henequen fiber reinforcement were investigated. A satisfactory reinforcing effect was observed for a composite material prepared by compression molding at room temperature using long random fiber mats. Tensile and impact experiments were run on the material, and its thermogravimetric analysis was performed. The breaking zone of the specimens tested in tension was examined by an electron sweep microscope. The results obtained are presented graphically and in photographs.
AB - Composites based on an epoxy-novolac matrix and a Cuban henequen fiber reinforcement were investigated. A satisfactory reinforcing effect was observed for a composite material prepared by compression molding at room temperature using long random fiber mats. Tensile and impact experiments were run on the material, and its thermogravimetric analysis was performed. The breaking zone of the specimens tested in tension was examined by an electron sweep microscope. The results obtained are presented graphically and in photographs.
KW - henequen fibers (Agave fourcroydes)
KW - mechanical and thermal properties
KW - vegetable-fiber-reinforced composite
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85049562055&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11029-018-9744-6
DO - 10.1007/s11029-018-9744-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85049562055
SN - 0191-5665
VL - 54
SP - 341
EP - 348
JO - Mechanics of Composite Materials
JF - Mechanics of Composite Materials
IS - 3
ER -