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Effect of the UV exposure on the creep behaviour of PLA based green composites

  • Authors: La Mantia F.P., Fiore V., Mistretta M.C., Morreale M., Botta L., Valenza A.
  • Publication year: 2018
  • Type: Abstract in atti di convegno pubblicato in volume
  • OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/359268

Abstract

Green composites made of biodegradable matrices and lignocellulosic fibers are receiving growing attention from both academia and industries. Despite a wide literature can be found about mechanical behavior of such kind of composites, at the best of our knowledge, only limited information is available about their creep behavior [1] and no papers have been yet done on the effect of ultraviolet exposition. The tensile creep behavior at 40 °C of PLA based composites, containing flax and jute twill weave woven fabrics, produced through compression molding, was investigated. As preliminary characterization, quasi-static tensile tests were carried out on virgin and UV aged composites