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Effect of Water Absorption on the Mechanical Properties of Long Date

Palm Leaf Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composites

Article  in  Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy · March 2015

DOI: 10.1166/jbmb.2015.1508

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EFFECT OF WATER ABSORPTION ON THE MORPHOLOGY
OF LONG DATE PALM LEAF FIBER REINFORCED (DPLF)
EPOXY COMPOSITES

Leaflet

Date Palm Leaf Continuous fiber DPLF/Epoxy Composite

Date palm leaf fiber vascular bundles morphology (a) cell wall in dry conditions, (b) cell wall
biodegradation due 24 hours under moisture absorption

(a) Dry (b) 24H Moisture Absorption

 DPLF/epoxy tensile damage morphology (a) fiber-matrix debonding, fiber pull out and fiber fracture
under dry conditions, (b) matrix crack, fiber swelling, debonding due to the fiber swelling stress and
fiber biodegradation due to attack by water molecules under 24 hours moisture absorption

FIBER CORE
FIBER CORE

MATRIX + FIBER

MATRIX + FIBER

MATRIX
MATRIX

(a) Dry (b) 24H Moisture Absorption

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