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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Automotive-grade biobased flax fibre composite for sustainable transportation

Rehfeldt, Joanna January 2024 (has links)
This thesis examines the manufacturing process of a novel flax fibre polypropylene composite material, focusing on understanding the process and its influencing factors. The composite was manufactured using pre-impregnated twill-woven flax fibre sheets (AmpliTex 5040 – PP) as outer layers and two core layers of pre-impregnated polypropylene sheets reinforced with short, randomly oriented natural fibres (NfPP). The manufacturing process involved preheating the material to core temperatures of 180°C, 190°C, or 200°C, followed by compression moulding with tool gaps of 3.0 mm, 3.2 mm, and 3.4 mm. The study found that the core temperature after preheating did not significantly affect the composite's thickness or layer compaction. However, the tool gap exhibited a significant effect, with an increase in thickness with larger tool gaps. The lowest deviation from the tool gap size was observed at 3.2 mm. The compaction of the AmpliTex 5040 – PP layers demonstrated no dependency on the tool gap, while the NfPP layers exhibited the highest compaction at a gap size of 3.0 mm. Thermal degradation analysis indicated that flax fibre is the most critical component, with higher core temperatures reducing the ultimate tensile strength and fracture strain of the composite material. The maximum tensile properties were observed for materials preheated to 180°C during manufacturing. The manufacturing process demonstrated an improvement in reproducibility compared to previous methods, although substantial variance in thickness remained.
composite
materials
flax fibre
polypropylene
biobased
thermoplastic
continuous fibres
fibre
matrix
manufacturing
processing
compression molding
sustainable
transportation
twill-woven
natural fibres
tool gap
temperature
thermal degradation
mechanical properties
Composite Science and Engineering
Kompositmaterial och -teknik

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