natural fibers; mechanical properties; morphology; statistical analysis; scanning electron microscopy
Abstract :
[en] In the present work the morphology of natural fibers was correlated with their mechanical properties via image analysis. Jute, sisal, curaua, coir and piassava fibers were tested under direct tension in a universal testing machine and the cross-sectional areas of the fibers were calculated using images obtained in a scanning electron microscopy. For the jute fiber the tests were performed for several gage lengths in order to investigate its influence on the tensile strength and to compute the machine compliance. For sisal, jute and curaua fibers the amount of fiber-cells, the size of the cell walls and the real area of the fibers were measured and their correlation with the tensile strength addressed. The curaua fiber presented the highest mechanical performance with tensile strength and Young's modulus of 543 MPa and 63.7 GPa, respectively. Weibull statistical analysis was used to quantify the variability of fiber strength. The sisal fibers presented the highest Weibull modulus (3.70), whereas the curaua presented the lowest one (m = 2.2), which means that the sisal had the lowest variability and curaua the highest.
Disciplines :
Civil engineering
Author, co-author :
Alves Fidelis, Maria Ernestina; Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) > Civil Engineering Department
Vitorino Castro Pereira, Thatiana; Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) > Civil Engineering Department
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