Effects of chopped hemp on mechanical and thermal properties of epoxy resins
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Paper/Presentation Title | Effects of chopped hemp on mechanical and thermal properties of epoxy resins |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Vandenbroucke, A. (Author), Cardona, F. (Author), Ku, H. (Author) and Rogers, D. (Author) |
Editors | Aravinthan, Thiru, Karunasena, Warna (Karu) and Wang, Hao |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials (ACMSM 20) |
Number of Pages | 3 |
Year | 2009 |
Place of Publication | London, United Kingdom |
ISBN | 9780415491969 |
Conference/Event | 20th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials (ACMSM20) |
Event Details | Rank B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B |
Event Details | 20th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials (ACMSM20) Parent Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials Event Date 02 to end of 05 Dec 2008 Event Location Toowoomba, Australia |
Abstract | Low cost composite materials are widely used in civil and structural engineering applications. This project uses Epon and chopped hemp to plasticize a commonly used resin, epoxy resin to lower the cost of the composite and to find out the mechanical and thermal properties of the plasticized epoxy resin to see if it is suitable for the said applications. Epon and chopped hemp were mixed together in the ratio of 85 % to 15 % by weight. Three point bending tests were carried out to evaluate the flexural properties of the plasticized resins. Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis is used to evaluate the thermal properties of the plasticized ep-oxy resin. The study with epoxy and Epon plus chopped hemp showed that the mechanical properties of the epoxy composite formed were lowered but its ability to dissipate |
Keywords | composite materials; EPON; phenolic resin; flexural tests |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 340309. Theory and design of materials |
400510. Structural engineering | |
401602. Composite and hybrid materials | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Centre of Excellence in Engineered Fibre Composites |
Loklite, Australia |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9yxz4/effects-of-chopped-hemp-on-mechanical-and-thermal-properties-of-epoxy-resins
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