TY - GEN
T1 - Fabrication of cellulose nanofiber/glass fiber-reinforced composites and their bending behavior evaluation
AU - Xie, Yingmei
AU - Kurita, Hiroki
AU - Honda, Risa
AU - Katabira, Kenichi
AU - Narita, Fumio
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - It is required a joint technic with excellent mechanical properties to fabricate glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP) components. However, it is well-known that the mechanical jointing often causes the fracture of fiber reinforced plastics. It seems that the adhesive bonding is suitable to joint GFRPs, and it is necessary to develop an adhesive with outstanding mechanical properties. Recently, cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) have been obtained from plants by mechanical and chemical methods and it has been reported that CNFs have remarkable mechanical properties. In this study, we inserted epoxy resin with CNFs between GFRP and investigated its bending behavior, to estimate the capability of epoxy resin with CNFs as an adhesive for GFRPs. The flexural behavior and modulus of GFRP was similar regardless of the inserted part of epoxy resin with CNFs layer in GFRP. The flexural strength of GFRP was drastically increased (up to 600 MPa) by the insert of epoxy resin with CNFs of 5 or 10 wt.%, although that of GFRP was decreased by the insert of epoxy resin with CNFs of 25 wt.%. Therefore, it seems that the epoxy resin with CNFs is available as an adhesive for GFRP. However, it is required the observation of CNFs dispersion in epoxy resin to understand the strengthening mechanism of epoxy resin with CNFs.
AB - It is required a joint technic with excellent mechanical properties to fabricate glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP) components. However, it is well-known that the mechanical jointing often causes the fracture of fiber reinforced plastics. It seems that the adhesive bonding is suitable to joint GFRPs, and it is necessary to develop an adhesive with outstanding mechanical properties. Recently, cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) have been obtained from plants by mechanical and chemical methods and it has been reported that CNFs have remarkable mechanical properties. In this study, we inserted epoxy resin with CNFs between GFRP and investigated its bending behavior, to estimate the capability of epoxy resin with CNFs as an adhesive for GFRPs. The flexural behavior and modulus of GFRP was similar regardless of the inserted part of epoxy resin with CNFs layer in GFRP. The flexural strength of GFRP was drastically increased (up to 600 MPa) by the insert of epoxy resin with CNFs of 5 or 10 wt.%, although that of GFRP was decreased by the insert of epoxy resin with CNFs of 25 wt.%. Therefore, it seems that the epoxy resin with CNFs is available as an adhesive for GFRP. However, it is required the observation of CNFs dispersion in epoxy resin to understand the strengthening mechanism of epoxy resin with CNFs.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85059435145
T3 - 33rd Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites 2018
SP - 1934
EP - 1940
BT - 33rd Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites 2018
PB - DEStech Publications Inc.
T2 - 33rd Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites 2018
Y2 - 24 September 2018 through 27 September 2018
ER -