Journal article ยท Conference paper
Self-reinforced biobased composites based on high stiffness PLA yarns
In self-reinforced polymer composites (SRPC) the same polymer material forms both the reinforcing fibre and the matrix phase. The current project aims to develop a biobased alternative for these composites using polylactic acid (PLA). Both the development of the reinforcing fibres, the modelling and production of the composites are being studied.
The stiffness of the PLA filaments could be increased to 9 GPa by optimising processing parameters during extrusion. After consolidation to composites, promising results are obtained showing that the stiffness of the PLA SRPC can match the requirements of currently used commercial self-reinforced polypropylene composites (ca 4GPa).
Language: | English |
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Year: | 2018 |
Pages: | 012038 |
Proceedings: | 13th International Conference on Textile Composites |
ISSN: | 1757899x and 17578981 |
Types: | Journal article and Conference paper |
DOI: | 10.1088/1757-899X/406/1/012038 |
ORCIDs: | Beauson, Justine and Madsen, B |