Natural Fibre Sheet Moulding Compounds: Manufacturing and Fire Performance

摘要：

Sheet Moulding Compounds (SMC) are composed of chopped fibre and unsaturated polyester (UP) resin system.This paper investigated the SMC manufacturing process by using natural hemp fibre as reinforcement.Followed its mechanical and fire performance was evaluated and reported through a comparison of natural fibre SMC with the glass fibre SMC.It is found that the natural fibre SMC produced equivalent mechanical properties up to tensile strength over 40 MPa and Yang’s modulus over 14 GPa;and Heat Release Rate under 150 kWm-2 by using Cone Calorimeter.

关键词： Natural fibre Sheet moulding compounds Reaction to fire Fire and flame Retardency

作者: Guogang Ren H Patel T D Hapuarachchi Steve Crowther Mizi Fan Paul J Hogg

作者单位: School of Aerospace,Automotive and Design Engineering,University of Hertfordshire,UK Queen Marry University of London,UK Menolit Group Composites,UK Sustainable Engineering Research Centre,Brunel University,UK School of Materials,University of Manchester,UK

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2008年先进纺织材料暨加工技术国际学术会议

会议地点: 杭州

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2008-10-15（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）