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The effect of water on the mechanical properties (tensile modulus, ultimate tensile strength, tensile strain, and specific work at break) of both chemically treated and untreated composites based on a recycled low-density polyethylene and linen yarn production waste is analyzed. It is found that three water sorption-desorption cycles change the tensile properties of both the materials irreversibly. This effect is considered as the result of partial fracture of the fiber-matrix interface.
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Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 43, No. 6, pp. 839–848, November–December, 2007.
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Bakradze, G., Kajaks, J., Reihmane, S. et al. The influence of water sorption-desorption cycles on the mechanical properties of composites based on recycled polyolefine and linen yarn production waste. Mech Compos Mater 43, 573–578 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11029-007-0052-9
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