Abstract
Wood polymer composites (WPC) have well proven their applicability in several fields of the plasturgy sector, due to their aesthetics and low maintenance costs. However, for plasturgy applications, the characterization of viscoelastic behavior and thermomechanical and thermophysical properties of WPC with the temperature and wood filler contents is essential. Therefore, the processability of polymer composites made up with different percentage of wood particles needs a better understanding of materials behaviors in accordance with temperature and wood particles contents. To this end, a numerical analysis of the viscoelastic, mechanical, and thermophysical properties of composite composed of high density polyethylene (HDPE) reinforced with soft wood particles is evaluated.
Highlights
Nowadays, due to the environmental and economic concerns, many research activities are directed towards the development of new composites based on thermoplastic matrices with plants reinforcement [1]
Cellulose fillers possess a crystalline structure which plays a positive role in the composite reinforcement
As a consequence many researchers are interested in the development of new techniques for extraction and modification of cellulose fillers from bioresources [2,3,4]
Summary
Due to the environmental and economic concerns, many research activities are directed towards the development of new composites based on thermoplastic matrices with plants (or their residues) reinforcement [1]. Since the rheological and deformation behaviors are strongly connected with the thermal behavior, it became obvious that these issues affect directly the accuracy of any simulation or modeling result In this regard, this work attempts to investigate, for thermoforming application, the process ability of composites made up of wood and a matrix of thermoplastic for six different proportions of wood fillers. This work attempts to investigate, for thermoforming application, the process ability of composites made up of wood and a matrix of thermoplastic for six different proportions of wood fillers To this end, a numerical analysis of the viscoelastic, thermomechanical, and thermophysical properties of composite composed of high density. 1.97 polyethylene (HDPE) reinforced with soft wood particles is evaluated
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