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Flexural behavior of a glass fiber reinforced wood fiber composite

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dc.contributor Forestry and Forest Products
dc.creator Smulski, Stephen John
dc.date 2015-06-24T13:35:18Z
dc.date 2015-06-24T13:35:18Z
dc.date 1985
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-28T18:21:16Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-28T18:21:16Z
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53596
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/269692
dc.description The static and dynamic flexural properties of a wood fiber matrix internally reinforced with continuous glass fibers were investigated. When modelled as a sandwich composite, the static flexural modulus of elasticity (MOE) of glass fiber reinforced hardboard could be successfully predicted from the static flexural MOE of the wood fiber matrix, and the tensile MOE and effective volume fraction of the glass fiber reinforcement. Under the same assumption, the composite modulus of rupture (MOR) is a function of the reinforcement tensile MOE and effective volume fraction, and the matrix stress at failure. The composite MOR was predicted on this basis with limited success. The static flexural modulus of elasticity, dynamic modulus of elasticity, and modulus of rupture of glass fiber reinforced hardboard increased with increasing effective reinforcement volume fraction. The logarithmic decrement of the composite decreased with increasing effective reinforcement volume fraction. Excellent linear correlation found among flexural properties determined in destructive static tests and nondestructive dynamic tests demonstrated the usefulness of dynamic test methods for flexural property evaluation. The short-term flexural creep behavior of glass fiber reinforced hardboard was accurately described by a 4-element linear viscoelastic model. Excellent agreement existed between predicted and observed creep deflections based on nonlinear regression estimates of model parameters.
dc.description Ph. D.
dc.format xviii, 167 leaves
dc.format application/pdf
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language en_US
dc.publisher Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
dc.relation OCLC# 13488815
dc.rights In Copyright
dc.rights http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
dc.subject LD5655.V856 1985.S652
dc.subject Flexure
dc.subject Glass fibers
dc.subject Hardboard -- Mechanical properties
dc.subject Composite materials -- Mechanical properties
dc.title Flexural behavior of a glass fiber reinforced wood fiber composite
dc.type Dissertation
dc.type Text


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