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The focus of this chapter is to evaluate the flexural, creep, and dynamic mechanical properties of woven jute fabric-reinforced green epoxy composites as a function of modification of jute fibers by enzyme, CO2-pulsed infrared laser, and ozone treatments. The selected treatments resulted in the enhancement of flexural properties of composites. The creep strain was experiential to increase with temperature. The treated composites exhibited less creep strain than untreated one at all temperatures. The best result in terms of creep deformation is presented by laser-treated composite which dominantly exhibited elastic behavior rather than viscous behavior, especially at higher temperatures. Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) results revealed that treated composites have higher storage modulus over the range of temperature. A positive shift of tangent delta peaks to higher temperature and reduction in their height for treated composites were observed. The degree of interfacial adhesion between the jute fiber and green epoxy was also anticipated using adhesion factor obtained through DMA data.
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Jabbar, A. (2017). Flexural, Creep and Dynamic Mechanical Evaluation of Novel Surface-Treated Woven Jute/Green Epoxy Composites. In: Sustainable Jute-Based Composite Materials. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65457-7_6
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