Title

TENSILE STRENGTH OF POLYESTER COMPOSITES REINFORCED WITH PALF

Authorship

Altoé, Giulio Rodrigues; Teles, Maria Carolina; Glória, Gabriel Oliveira; Gomes, Maycon de Almeida; Margem, Frederico Muylaert; Monteiro, Sergio Neves

Altoé, Giulio Rodrigues

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Teles, Maria Carolina

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Glória, Gabriel Oliveira

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Gomes, Maycon de Almeida

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Margem, Frederico Muylaert

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Monteiro, Sergio Neves

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DOI

10.5151/1516-392X-26425

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Abstract

The environmental concern is creating pressure for the substitution of high energy consumption materials for natural and sustainable ones. Compared to synthetic fibers, natural fibers have shown advantages in technical aspects such as flexibility and toughness. So there is a growing worldwide interest in the use of these fibers. PALF extracted from pineapple leaves, presents some significant characteristic, but until now only few studies on PALF were performed. This work aims to make the analysis of the tensile strength of polyester composites reinforced with PALF. The fibers were incorporated into the polyester matrix with volume fraction from 0 to 30%. After fracture the specimens were analyzed by a SEM (scanning electron microscope).

Keywords

Polyester composites, Mechanical behavior, PALF, Fracture analysis

Fracture analysis