Title

WEIBULL ANALYSIS OF THE TENSILE STRENGTH VARIATION WITH DIAMETER FOR JUTE FIBERS

WEIBULL ANALYSIS OF THE TENSILE STRENGTH VARIATION WITH DIAMETER FOR JUTE FIBERS

Authorship

Bevitori, Alice Barreto; Silva, Isabela Leão Amaral da; Lopes, Felipe Perisse Duarte; Monteiro, Sergio Neves

Bevitori, Alice Barreto

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Silva, Isabela Leão Amaral da

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Lopes, Felipe Perisse Duarte

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Monteiro, Sergio Neves

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DOI

10.5151/2594-5327-32389

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Abstract

The jute fiber is one of the strongest lignocellulosic fibers with applications ranging from simple items such as fabrics and ropes to engineering composites for automobile parts and building panels. Like other lignocellulosic fibers, the jute may have an inverse strength dependence with its diameter. In principle, thinner jute fiber could be comparatively stronger and consequently more effective as a composite reinforcement. Therefore, an attempt to correlate the jute fiber strength obtained in tensile test with its corresponding diameter, precisely measured by means of a profile projector, was carried out. A Weibull statistical analysis confirmed the inverse dependence between the jute fiber tensile strength and the corresponding fiber diameter. Scanning electron microscopy observation of the fracture of selected ruptured fiber revealed possible mechanisms that could justify the strength/diameter inverse dependence.

The jute fiber is one of the strongest lignocellulosic fibers with applications ranging from simple items such as fabrics and ropes to engineering composites for automobile parts and building panels. Like other lignocellulosic fibers, the jute may have an inverse strength dependence with its diameter. In principle, thinner jute fiber could be comparatively stronger and consequently more effective as a composite reinforcement. Therefore, an attempt to correlate the jute fiber strength obtained in tensile test with its corresponding diameter, precisely measured by means of a profile projector, was carried out. A Weibull statistical analysis confirmed the inverse dependence between the jute fiber tensile strength and the corresponding fiber diameter. Scanning electron microscopy observation of the fracture of selected ruptured fiber revealed possible mechanisms that could justify the strength/diameter inverse dependence.

Keywords

jute fiber, Tensile properties, diameter dependence, Weibull analysis, fracture study.

jute fiber, Tensile properties, diameter dependence, Weibull analysis, fracture study.