Tensile and flexural properties of epoxy laminates with natural papaya bast fibre cellular layers

This work focuses on the fabrication and characterisation of epoxy composites reinforced with natural fibre layers extracted from the inner bast (phloem) of the papaya plant (Carica papaya) under tensile and three-point bending loading. The papaya phloem is composed of fibrous laminas that wrap and...

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Main Authors: Gabriela Luiza Cota Coura, Rodrigo Teixeira Santos Freire, Júlio César dos Santos, Lívia Ávila de Oliveira, Fabrizio Scarpa, Túlio Hallak Panzera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:Composites Part C: Open Access
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666682020300177