# MANUFACTURING AND EVALUATION OF WOODFIBRE-WASTE PLASTIC COMPOSITE SHEETS

> Title: MANUFACTURING AND EVALUATION OF WOODFIBRE-WASTE PLASTIC COMPOSITE SHEETS Page Range: p.433-440 Author(s): Bhattacharyya D; Jayaraman K File size: 267K Download the pdf (subscribers only) Buy the pdf (non-subscribers) Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites Issue Year: ppc Volume: 11 Issue No: No....

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Published: 2003-06-01T00:00:00+00:00
Categories: Polymers and Polymer Composites

**Title: MANUFACTURING AND EVALUATION OF WOODFIBRE-WASTE PLASTIC COMPOSITE SHEETS**
 Page Range: p.433-440
 Author(s): Bhattacharyya D; Jayaraman K
 File size: 267K
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 Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites
 Issue Year: ppc
 Volume: 11
 Issue No: No. 6

**Abstract**
 This study investigates the feasibility of post-consumer waste plastics from a kerbside collection, reinforced with high temperature mechanical pulp Pinus Radiata fibres. Composite specimens are manufactured in sheet form from relatively large fibre mats, produced by a novel mat forming technique through a bulk consolidation process. Tensile strength and modulus of the composite sheets are determined as a function of wood fibre content. A significant part of the investigation is dedicated to the understanding of the formability of these composite sheets using dome forming , aided by a specially developed software package based on kinematic principles, known as grid strain analysis. 22 refs.

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