Load-bearing natural fiber composite cellular beams and panels

Rigoberto Burgueño; Mario J. Quagliata; Amar K. Mohanty; Geeta Mehta; Lawrence T. Drzal; Manjusri Misra

doi:10.1016/j.compositesa.2004.02.012

Load-bearing natural fiber composite cellular beams and panels

Rigoberto Burgueño
, Mario J. Quagliata
, Amar K. Mohanty
, Geeta Mehta
, Lawrence T. Drzal
, Manjusri Misra

Civil Engineering

Stony Brook University

Michigan State University

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Abstract

Natural fiber composites, or biocomposites, have recently gained much attention due to their low cost, environmental friendliness, and their potential to compete with glass-fiber composites. The reported study demonstrates that biocomposites can be used for load-bearing components by improving their structural efficiency through cellular material arrangements. Laboratory-scale periodic cellular beams and plates were made from industrial hemp and flax fibers with unsaturated polyester resin. Material and structural performance was experimentally assessed and compared with results from short-fiber composite micro-mechanics models and sandwich analyses. Short-term analytical evaluation of full-scale cellular biocomposite components indicates that they can compete with components made from conventional materials.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	645-656
Number of pages	12
Journal	Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
Volume	35
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2004.02.012
State	Published - Jun 2004

Keywords

B. Mechanical properties
Biofibers
C. Analytical modelling

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Load-bearing natural fiber composite cellular beams and panels

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