Fabricación y Caracterización de Green Composites con Bioresina y Tejido de Fibra Natural de Lino mediante Moldeo por Transferencia de Resina
[EN] Fibre reinforced polymer composites, represent a great technological advance and are present in many objects in our lives. Composites stand out for their excellent mechanical properties and low weight compared to other materials. Nevertheless, composites have generated serious environmental pro...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) |
| Repositorio: | RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/61299 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/61299 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Green Composites Fibra Natural Procesos LCM Lino, Bioepoxi Permeabilidad Propiedades Mecánicas Absorción Agua Cinética Curado Simulación Numérica. INGENIERIA DE LOS PROCESOS DE FABRICACION |
| Sumario: | [EN] Fibre reinforced polymer composites, represent a great technological advance and are present in many objects in our lives. Composites stand out for their excellent mechanical properties and low weight compared to other materials. Nevertheless, composites have generated serious environmental problems, due to their non-biodegradable nature and petroleum-based origin. In the context of sustainable development, an increasing environmental consciousness has encouraged the researchers to develop environmentally friendly polymers and composites. The purpose of this Ph.D. Thesis is to manufacture and characterise Green Composites, derived from renewable resources, a natural fibre woven fabric of flax and a bio-based epoxy resin, by means of Liquid Composite Moulding Processes (LCM Processes). The methodology used involves experimental techniques of Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Morphological Analysis (Scanning Electron Microscopy-SEM), Mechanical Analysis, measurement of the permeability of the reinforcement, and water absorption process. Natural fabric and bioresin are characterised from the point of view of the composite manufacture, with the objective of assessing their characteristics for use as reinforcement and matrix. The impregnation and compaction behaviour of the reinforcement in the manufacturing stages has been evaluated with the experimental measurement of its permeability, and by means of compression tests. Bioresin cure kinetics model has been obtained and proposed from the results of thermal degradation process of the cure resin, through TGA analysis. Mechanical, thermal and water absorption behaviour of Green Composites have been characterised. Tensile and flexural mechanical properties have been assessed as a function of fibre volume fraction. Composites have been immersed in water to study their water absorption behaviour and its effect on mechanical properties, including morphological analysis. The thermal analysis (TGA) has shown that thermal stability of natural fabric and composite, is assured during the manufacture and the service life. The validation of the results of the reinforcement and matrix characterisation has been carried out using a commercial software of LCM processes simulation to composite manufacture. It can be concluded that the methodology proposed has permitted the suitable study and assessment of the materials and composite. It is possible that Liquid Composite Moulding Processes could be used to manufacture green composites successfully, with renewable flax fibre and bioepoxy matrix. Their good mechanical properties and water absorption behaviour, become green composites in a potential sustainable alternative to replace traditional synthetic composites, as glass fibre reinforced composites, to the use in certain engineering applications. |
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