THE INVESTIGATION OF POLYLACTIC ACID BASED NATURAL FIBER REINFORCED BIOCOMPOSITES FOR AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS

Year 2020, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 21 - 31, 30.06.2020

Sinan Öztürk

https://doi.org/10.34186/klujes.626590

Cited By: 3

Abstract

An automotive application with renewable
sources as environmentally sustainable solution has been studied for weight
reduction. Hemp as non-woven natural fiber (NNF) and Polylactic acid (PLA)
non-woven fibers has been used to form continuous mat by needle-punch method.
This biobased mat structure was then hot formed to achieve good mechanical
properties. The composition of the fiber was 50:50 / NNF:PLA and the density of
the final sheet was 1300 gr/m², the final thickness of the
biocomposite after themoforming was 2.2 mm with 2.1 GPa Flexural Modulus and 17
MPa Tensile Strength and 2.3% elongation at break. In this study, the
mechanical performance of this biocomposite structure under water immersion,
40ºC and 80ºC was studied. The charpy impact strength was found 21kJ/m².
The major outcome of this study is replacing conventional reinforcement
materials with renewable sources which offers lower weight and tolerable
mechanical strengths.

Keywords

Bio-based PLA polymer, Hemp natural fiber, Biocomposite, Automotive application

Supporting Institution

TUBİTAK

Project Number

3151221

Thanks

"DOĞAL LİF TAKVİYELİ, BİYOPOLİMER MATRİSLİ, KUMAŞ KAPLAMALI KOMPOZİT MALZEMEDEN İÇ TRİM KAPLAMALARI GELİŞTİRİLMESİ" projesine olan desteğinden dolayı TUBİTAK'a teşekkür ederiz.

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