Abstract
The world has been facing a huge environmental impact due to global warming, which sometimes lead to unprecedented natural disasters creating a crisis for the present and future generations to come. Sustainable development, which was a far cry in the past, has now been a burning topic and desire in all aspects of human endeavour towards development. In polymer composites, reinforcing materials from natural resources such as wood have been attracting a lot of interest from researchers worldwide due to their low cost, and abundance in making an environment-friendly polymer composite. Waste or by-products from wood milling industries in the form of fibre, sawdust or wood flour (WF) have been potentially used as a filler material in various wood polymer composites (WPCs). Although lower-cost attracts their use as a reinforcer and/or filler, WPCs do have serious issues in low-performance aspect and higher moisture absorption. These disadvantages are scopes for researchers and organisation to address. Nonetheless, various WPCs as commercial products are available in the market and are being successfully used. To leverage the benefits of WPCs, a critical criterion for consideration is their mechanical performance. Bulk mechanical properties such as tensile, flexural, impact etc., are crucial to find the limitations and also to evaluate their load carrying capacity which can potentially define their area of application. In the present study, an in-depth analysis of different mechanical properties reported for various WPCs along with different theoretical modeling techniques, used previously have been summarized.
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Gogoi, R., Manik, G. (2021). Mechanical Properties of Wood Polymer Composites. In: Mavinkere Rangappa, S., Parameswaranpillai, J., Kumar, M.H., Siengchin, S. (eds) Wood Polymer Composites. Composites Science and Technology . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1606-8_6
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