Fracture Mechanism of Wood-Plastic Composites WPCS Observation and Analysis

Keywords Wood-plastic composite (WPG), fracture mechanism, observation, analysis [Pg.385]

Vijay Kumar Thakur (Ed.), Lignocellulosic Polymer Composites, (385-416) 2015 Scrivener Publishing LLC [Pg.385]

In this chapter, the effects of various parameters on the fracture behavior of wood-plastic composites are discussed. Moreover, different methods of composite damage analysis are reviewed and the fracture analysis of WPG is presented. [Pg.386]

It is known that the essential characteristics of composites (such as energy absorption) depend on key parameters like shape and dimension of particles, mechanical properties of the filler and the host matrix, filler-matrix interfacial strength, as well as volume fraction and particle dispersion in the matrix [9]. More specifically, the fracture behavior of particulate polymer composites depends on the following factors [Pg.386]

Particle size Volume fraction Fillers orientation [Pg.386]