Performance of hybridized bamboo-carbon fiber reinforced polypropylene composites processed using wet laid technique

Kore, Surbhi; Spencer, Ryan; Ghossein, Hicham; Slaven, Lee; Knight, David M.; Unser, John; Vaidya, Uday

doi:10.1016/j.jcomc.2021.100185

Performance of hybridized bamboo-carbon fiber reinforced polypropylene composites processed using wet laid technique

Journal Article · Sat Aug 21 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Composites Part C: Open Access

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomc.2021.100185· OSTI ID:1841507

Kore, Surbhi ^[1]; Spencer, Ryan ^[2]; Ghossein, Hicham ^[3]; Slaven, Lee ^[4]; Knight, David M. ^[4]; Unser, John ^[5]; Vaidya, Uday ^[6]

Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Endeavor Composites, Inc., Knoxville, TN (United States)
Resource Fiber, LLC, Sulligent, AL (United States)
Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI), Knoxville, TN (United States)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI), Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

The end-of-life vehicles (ELV) regulations motivate hybrid materials usage in automotive industries to optimize properties at reduced cost and increase eco-friendly designs. This research explores hybrid compositions of natural bamboo fiber and synthetic carbon fiber. The goal of hybridization was to synergistically benefit from each constituent– i.e., sustainability, energy absorption and superior damping from bamboo, and high strength and stiffness from carbon fiber. Carbon fibers (CF), bamboo fibers (BF) and polypropylene (PP) fibers were dispersed in water to produce wet-laid hybrid mats. The mats were compression molded into consolidated panels to obtain the hybrid composite(s) (BF-CF-PP). Four formulations with different fiber-resin weight percent were designed and produced including- BF-PP (30/70), BF-PP (50/50), BF-CF-PP (32/8/60), and BF-CF-PP (8/32/60). The effect of (a) fiber length, (b) surface treatment, (c) fiber content, and (d) consolidation pressure on the mechanical properties were examined. The improved mechanical (flexural strength 76.4 MPa, flexural modulus 4.1 GPa, ILSS 12.4 MPa and impact strength 49.9 KJ/m²) and vibrational damping (1.05%) properties showed that the BF-CF-PP (8/32/60) provided higher properties compared to the other variants. The projected properties at various stoichiometric ratios of carbon and bamboo fiber revealed that the properties of hybrid composites could be tailored to produce desirable, cost-effective, and sustainable automotive components.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; EE0006926; SC0020041

OSTI ID:: 1841507

Journal Information:: Composites Part C: Open Access, Journal Name: Composites Part C: Open Access Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 6; ISSN 2666-6820

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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