INVESTIGADORES
RODRIGUEZ exequiel Santos
artículos
Título:
Key factors affecting processing of natural fiber composites
Autor/es:
ANALÍA VÁZQUEZ; EDU RUIZ; GASTÓN FRANCUCCI; EXEQUIEL S. RODRIGUEZ
Revista:
PLASTIC RESEARCH ONLINE
Editorial:
Society of Plastics Enginner
Referencias:
Lugar: Newtown; Año: 2012 p. 1 - 3
Resumen:
In recent years, industry has shown a growing interest in using natural fiber composites (NFC) for nonstructural applications. Natural reinforcements have the advantage of being renewable, abundant, lighter, and less expensive than synthetic fibers. Advanced processing techniques should be used to manufacture high-quality green composite parts. Liquid composite molding (LCM) techniques like resin transfer molding (RTM) or vacuum infusion have proven to be suitable for processing natural fiber/thermoset resin composites.When replacing synthetic fibers like glass with natural fibers, the differences in structure and chemical composition between both types of reinforcements affect the main processing variables, and therefore the properties of the final composite. In our recent work, we studied the behavior of the different processing variables of jute-based composites.
