Weibull analysis of tensile tested piassava fibers with different diameters

ABSTRACT Environmental considerations in addition to technical, economical and societal benefits are increasingly promoting the substitution of natural fibers for glass fiber in polymer matrix composites. However, natural fibers are heterogeneous in their dimensions, specially the cross section, which plays an important role in their mechanical strength. It has been found that the equivalent diameter of fibers such as sisal, ramie, pineapple and curaua correlates to different levels of tensile resistance. Piassava is a promising stiff natural fiber for composite reinforcement. In this work, a statistical analysis of tensile strength of piassava fibers using the Weibull methodology was performed. An attempt to correlate the fiber strength, obtained in tensile tests, with the diameter, precisely measured by means of a profile projector, was carried out. The results revealed an inverse dependence between the piassava fiber diameter and corresponding tensile strength. Fracture tip observation by SEM suggested a possible mechanism that could justify this inverse correlation.

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Main Authors:	Ferreira,Denise Cristina de Oliveira Nascimento, Ferreira,Ailton da Silva, Monteiro,Sergio Neves
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Laboratório de Hidrogênio, Coppe - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2018
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-70762018000400445
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