Mechanical properties of polypropylene matrix composites reinforced with natural fibers:: A statistical approach

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Biagiotti, J
Fiori, S
Torre, L
López-Manchado, MA
Kenny, JM
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[1] Univ Perugia, Mat Engn Ctr, I-05100 Terni, Italy
[2] Univ Perugia, Dept Ind Engn, I-06124 Perugia, Italy
[3] Inst Polymer Sci & Technol, Madrid 28006, Spain
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10.1002/pc.20002
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This work presents a systematic and statistical approach to evaluate and predict the properties of random discontinuous natural fiber reinforced composites. Different composites based on polypropylene and reinforced with natural fibers were produced and their mechanical properties are measured together with the distribution of the fiber size and the fiber diameter. The values obtained were related to the theoretical predictions, using a combination of the Griffith theory for the effective properties of the natural fibers and the Halpin-Tsai equation for the elastic modulus of the composites. The relationships between experimental results and theoretical predictions were statistically analyzed using a probability density function estimation approach based on neural networks. The results show a more accurate expected value with respect to the traditional statistical function estimation approach. In order to point out the particular features of natural fibers, the same proposed method is also applied to PP-glass fiber composites.
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