Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:07:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MirtaniaAL_TESE_pag1_pag73.pdf: 5781001 bytes, checksum: bc5b2f642130f3c856de876351a661e2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-05-03 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The gradual replacement of conventional materials by the ones called composite materials is becoming a concern about the response of these composites against adverse environmental conditions, such as ultraviolet radiation, high temperature and moist. Also the search for new composite using natural fibers or a blend of it with synthetic fibers as reinforcement has been studied. In this sense, this research begins with a thorough study of microstructural characterization of licuri fiber, as a proposal of alternative reinforcement to polymeric composites. Thus, a study about the development of two composite laminates was done. The first one, involving only the fiber of licuri and the second comprising a hybrid composite based of fiber glass E and the fiber of licuri, in order to know the performance of the fiber when of fiber across the hybridization process. The laminates were made in the form of plates using the tereft?lica ortho-polyester resin as matrix. The composite laminate made only by licuri fiber had two reinforcing fabric layers of unidirectional licuri and the hybrid composite had two reinforcing layers of unidirectional licuri fabric and three layers of fiber short glass-E mat. Finally, both laminates was exposed to aging acceleration in order to study the influence of environmental degradation involving the mechanical properties and fracture characteristics thereof. Regarding the mechanical properties of composites, these were determined through uniaxial tensile tests, uniaxial compression and three bending points for both laminates in original state, and uniaxial tensile tests and three bending points after accelerated aging. As regards the study of structural degradation due to aging of the laminates, it was carried out based on microscopic analysis and microstructure, as well as measuring weight loss. The characteristics of the fracture was performed by macroscopic and microscopic (optical and SEM) analysis. In general, the laminated composites based on fiber licuri showed some advantages in their responses to environmental aging. These advantages are observed in the behavior related to stiffness as well as the microstructural degradation and photo-oxidation processes. However, the structural integrity of this laminate was more affected in case the action of uniaxial tensile loads, where it was noted a lower rate of withholding his last resistance property / A substitui??o gradativa dos materiais ditos convencionais por materiais comp?sitos vem se tornando uma preocupa??o quanto ? resposta destes frente a condi??es ambientais adversas, tais como, a presen?a de radia??o ultravioleta, alta temperatura e umidade. Tamb?m a busca de novos comp?sitos que utilizem fibras naturais ou uma mistura de fibras naturais com fibras sint?ticas como refor?o tem sido objeto de estudo. Neste sentido, o presente trabalho de pesquisa inicia com um completo estudo de caracteriza??o microestrutural da fibra de licuri, essa como proposta alternativa de refor?o aos comp?sitos polim?ricos. Em seguida, foi realizado um estudo do desenvolvimento de dois laminados comp?sitos, um somente a base de fibra de licuri e um laminado h?brido a base de fibra de licuri e fibra de vidro-E, de modo a conhecer o comportamento da fibra de licuri frente ao processo de hibridiza??o. Os laminados foram confeccionados em forma de placas utilizando a resina poli?ster orto-tereft?lica como matriz. O laminado comp?sito s? de fibras de licuri teve como refor?o duas l?minas de tecido unidirecional e o laminado h?brido teve como refor?o duas l?minas desse mesmo tecido unidirecional e tr?s l?minas de manta de fibras curtas de vidro-E. Por fim, os dois laminados comp?sitos foram submetidos ao processo de envelhecimento ambiental acelerado para o estudo da influ?ncia da degrada??o ambiental nas propriedades mec?nicas e caracter?sticas da fratura dos mesmos. Quanto ?s propriedades mec?nicas dos laminados comp?sitos, estas foram determinadas atrav?s dos ensaios de tra??o uniaxial, compress?o uniaxial e flex?o em tr?s pontos no estado original, e de tra??o uniaxial e flex?o em tr?s pontos ap?s envelhecimento acelerado. Quanto ao estudo da degrada??o estrutural dos laminados devido ao envelhecimento, o mesmo foi realizado com base nas an?lises microsc?picas da microestrutura e, bem como, da medi??o de perda de massa. As caracter?sticas da fratura foram realizadas atrav?s de an?lises macrosc?picas e microsc?picas (?tica e MEV). De forma geral os laminados comp?sitos a base de fibras de licuri, apresentaram algumas vantagens em suas respostas frente ao envelhecimento ambiental. Essas vantagens s?o evidenciadas no comportamento relacionado ? rigidez, bem como, aos processos fotoxida??o e degrada??o microestrutural. Entretanto, a integridade estrutural desse laminado foi mais afetada para o caso a??o de cargas uniaxiais de tra??o onde foi verificada uma menor taxa de reten??o de sua propriedade de resist?ncia ?ltima

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:57:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MirtaniaAL.pdf: 1813042 bytes, checksum: 3d26a66f383220285205f479f11b4656 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-09-27 / This research is based, at first, on the seeking of alternatives naturals reinforced in place of polymeric composites, also named reinforced plastics. Therein, this work starts with a whole licuri fiber micro structural characterization, as alternative proposal to polymeric composites. Licuri fiber is abundant on the Bahia state flora, native from a palm tree called Syagrus Coronata (Martius) Beccari. After, it was done only licuri fiber laminar composite developing studies, in order to know its behavior when impregnated with thermofix resin. The composite was developed in laminar structure shape (plate with a single layer of reinforcement) and produced industrially. The layer of reinforcement is a fabric-fiber unidirectional of licuri up in a manual loom. Their structure was made of polyester resin ortofit?lica (unsaturated) only reinforced with licuri fibers. Fiber characterization studies were based on physical chemistry properties and their constitution. It was made by tension, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), x-ray diffraction (RDX) and thermal analyses (TG and DTA) tests, besides fiber chemistry analyses. Relating their mechanical properties of strength and hardness testing, they were determined through unit axial tension test and flexion in three points. A study in order to know fiber/matrix interface effects, in the final composites results, was required. To better understand the mechanical behavior of the composite, macroscopic and microscopic optical analysis of the fracture was performed / Esta investiga??o baseia-se, em principio, na busca de refor?os naturais alternativos aos comp?sitos polim?ricos, tamb?m denominados de pl?sticos refor?ados. Neste sentido, o presente trabalho de pesquisa se inicia com um completo estudo de caracteriza??o micro estrutural da fibra de licuri, essa como proposta alternativa de refor?o aos comp?sitos polim?ricos. A fibra de licuri ? abundante na flora do estado da Bahia e origin?ria da palmeira denominada Syagrus Coronata (Martius) Beccari. Em seguida, foi realizado um estudo do desenvolvimento de um comp?sito laminar somente a base de fibras de licuri, de forma a se conhecer o comportamento da fibra quando impregnada com resina termofixa. O comp?sito foi desenvolvido na forma de estrutura laminar (placa com uma ?nica l?mina de refor?o) e fabricado industrialmente. A l?mina de refor?o ? de um tecido unidirecional de fibras de licuri confeccionado em um tear manual. O comp?sito tem em sua estrutura resina poli?ster ortofit?lica (insaturada) refor?ada somente com fibras de licuri. O estudo da caracteriza??o da fibra teve como base a determina??o das propriedades f?sicas, qu?micas e de constitui??o. As mesmas foram realizadas atrav?s dos ensaios de: tra??o uniaxial, an?lise por microscopia eletr?nica de varredura (MEV), ensaio de difra??o de raios X (RDX), an?lises t?rmicas (TG e DTA), al?m da an?lise qu?mica das fibras. Com rela??o ?s propriedades mec?nicas de resist?ncia e rigidez do comp?sito, estas foram determinadas atrav?s dos ensaios de tra??o uniaxial e flex?o em tr?s pontos. Um estudo com o objetivo de conhecer a influ?ncia da ader?ncia da interface fibra/matriz, na resposta final do comp?sito, se fez necess?rio. Para melhor entendimento do comportamento mec?nico do comp?sito, an?lises macrosc?picas e microsc?picas ?pticas da fratura foram realizadas

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:58:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SistanleyJLB_DISSERT.pdf: 3362424 bytes, checksum: 30d67bc0b13dba47c7002133ab1bb63d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-06-20 / This research presents an approach to the addition of curau? fibers and licuri fibers in a polypropylene resin matrix, such as an alternative proposal to reinforce the polymeric composites. Fiber content of 0 %, 5 %, 10 %, and 20% were analyzed for verification of their mechanical properties comparing them, inclusive with the properties of polypropylene. The grainulated biocomposites had been prepared in an extrusora. The test bodies had been molded by injection and submitted to the mechanical essays uniaxial traction, flexion on three points, impact, in addition to thermal tests (HDT). These biocomposites had been also subjected the essay physicist-chemistry index of fluidity (IF). It was observed that the biocomposites of PP with 20% curau?, obtained bigger increase in the modulus of elasticity and a bigger reduction in the resistance to the impact. In the mechanical behavior, for all the biocomposites, these were increases in values of the limit of drainage and tension of rupture, when tested by uniaxial traction, as they added the fibers. Another important point was the increase of the resistance the flexion. It was also noted that the addition of fibers reduced the thermal degradation of the mixture natural fibers / polypropylene. / Esta pesquisa apresenta uma abordagem da adi??o de fibras de licuri e curau? em uma matriz de resina de polipropileno, essa como uma proposta alternativa de refor?o aos comp?sitos polim?ricos. Teores de fibras de 0 %, 5 %, 10 %, e 20 % foram analisados para verifica??o de suas propriedades mec?nicas comparando-as, inclusive com as propriedades do polipropileno. Os biocomp?sitos granulados foram preparados em uma extrusora. Os corpos de prova foram moldados por inje??o e submetidos aos ensaios mec?nicos de tra??o uniaxial, flex?o em tr?s pontos, impacto, al?m de ensaios t?rmicos (HDT). Estes biocomp?sitos tamb?m foram submetidos a ensaio f?sico-qu?mico de ?ndice de fluidez (IF). Observou-se que os biocomp?sitos de PP com 20% curau? obteve maior aumento no m?dulo de elasticidade, e uma maior diminui??o na resist?ncia ao impacto. No comportamento mec?nico, para todos os biocomp?sitos, houve acr?scimos nos valores do limite de escoamento e tens?o de ruptura quando ensaiados por tra??o uniaxial, ? medida que se adicionavam as fibras. Outro ponto importante foi o aumento da resist?ncia ? flex?o. Verificou-se tamb?m que a adi??o de fibras reduziu a degrada??o t?rmica da mistura fibras naturais / polipropileno.