dc.creator | Papanicolaou G.C., Zaoutsos S.P., Anastasiou D.E. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-31T09:44:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-01-31T09:44:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
dc.identifier | 10.1002/app.51697 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 00218995 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11615/77784 | |
dc.description.abstract | Natural fiber (NF)-reinforced thermosetting composites exhibit excellent properties but, due to the usually hygroscopic nature of the fibers, these composites may suffer from the effects of moisture absorption. Luffa cylindrica is a NF, potentially useful in the manufacture of composite materials, but it is highly hygroscopic. A technology is developed for the fabrication of moisture-resistant L. cylindrica-reinforced epoxy composites and the various parameters that affect the process are investigated using long-term moisture absorption experiments and dynamic mechanical analysis of dry and moist specimens. The technology concludes to a L. cylindrica-reinforced bilayer matrix made of a first linseed oil-modified precured epoxy and a final unmodified epoxy layer. This composite offers a reduced water absorbance by 33% and an almost identical Tg compared to the non-modified epoxy reinforced with L. cylindrica. The same technology is used to manufacture water-resistant L. cylindrica-reinforced composites from both, environmentally friendly, matrix and reinforcement. © 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.source | Journal of Applied Polymer Science | en |
dc.source.uri | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85115422234&doi=10.1002%2fapp.51697&partnerID=40&md5=7e5cfc806cbfd9b950b0209bcffa5b63 | |
dc.subject | Dynamics | en |
dc.subject | Manufacture | en |
dc.subject | Moisture | en |
dc.subject | Reinforced plastics | en |
dc.subject | Reinforcement | en |
dc.subject | Thermosets | en |
dc.subject | Dynamic mechanical | en |
dc.subject | Epoxy composite | en |
dc.subject | Luffa cylindrica | en |
dc.subject | Manufacturing technologies | en |
dc.subject | Moisture absorption | en |
dc.subject | Moisture-resistant | en |
dc.subject | Natural fiber reinforced | en |
dc.subject | Reinforced epoxy | en |
dc.subject | Theory and models | en |
dc.subject | Thermosetting composites | en |
dc.subject | Glass transition | en |
dc.subject | John Wiley and Sons Inc | en |
dc.title | Manufacturing technology and dynamic mechanical investigation of moisture-resistant Luffa cylindrica-reinforced epoxy composites | en |
dc.type | journalArticle | en |