Short fibre elastomer composites: effect of fibre length,orientation, loading and bonding agent |
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Authors: | Kumar R Prasantha Thomas Sabu |
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Affiliation: | (1) School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Priyadarshini Hills P.O., 686 560 Kottayam, India |
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Abstract: | A series of short fibre reinforced styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) composites were prepared by incorporating sisal fibres of
different lengths and different concentrations. The vulcanization behaviour and the properties of the vulcanizates were measured
by the relevant ASTM procedures. The processing characteristics such as green strength and mill shrinkage were improved by
the addition of fibres. The properties like tensile strength, tear strength, moduli at 10% and 20% elongations were found
to be maximum for composites containing longitudinally oriented fibres of length 6 mm. Mixes containing 35 phr loading of
fibres and bonding agent showed better mechanical performance than others. The failure behaviour of tensile and tear specimens
have been analysed by scanning electron microscopy techniques.
Paper presented at the poster session of MRSI AGM VI, Kharagpur, 1995 |
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Keywords: | Sisal fibre styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) fibre length fibre orientation interfacial bond strength bonding agent |
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