Publication: Fiber-matrix interactions in aramid-short-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane composites
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2002-02-14
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00218995
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Mahidol University
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Journal of Applied Polymer Science. Vol.87, No.7 (2002), 1059-1067
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Chanthipa Vajrasthira, Taweechai Amornsakchai, Sauvarop Bualek-Limcharoen Fiber-matrix interactions in aramid-short-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane composites. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. Vol.87, No.7 (2002), 1059-1067. doi:10.1002/app.11484 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/20239
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Fiber-matrix interactions in aramid-short-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane composites
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The mechanical and dynamic mechanical properties of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) elastomers reinforced with two types of aramid short fibers, m-aramid (Teijin-Conex) and copoly(p-aramid) (Technora), were investigated in this study with respect to the fiber loading. In general, both types of composites exhibited very similar stress-strain behaviors, except that Technora-TPU was stronger than Conex-TPU. This was primarily due to the intrinsic strength of the reinforcing fibers. Both types of fibers reinforced TPU effectively without any surface treatment. This could be attributed to good fiber-matrix interactions, which were revealed by the broadening of the tan δ peak in dynamic mechanical analysis. Furthermore, the morphologies of cryogenically fractured surfaces of the composites and extracted fibers, investigated with scanning electron microscopy, revealed possible polar-polar interactions between the aramid fibers and TPU matrices. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 87.