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Influence of Adhesive Systems on the Mechanical and Physical Properties of Flax Fiber Reinforced Beech Plywood

  • Department for Furniture and Interior Design, Higher Technical College Hallstatt
  • Faculty of Furniture Design and Wood Engineering, Transilvania University of Brasov
  • Department of Wood Science and Technology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno

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Abstract

In order to improve the acceptance of broader industrial application of flax fiber reinforced beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) plywood, five different industrial applicated adhesive systems were tested. Epoxy resin, urea-formaldehyde, melamine-urea formaldehyde, isocyanate MDI prepolymer, and polyurethane displayed a divergent picture in improving the mechanical properties—modulus of elasticity, modulus of rupture, tensile strength, shear strength and screw withdrawal resistance—of flax fiber-reinforced plywood. Epoxy resin is well suited for flax fiber reinforcement, whereas urea-formaldehyde, melamine urea-formaldehyde, and isocyanate prepolymer improved modulus of elasticity, modulus of rupture, shear strength, and screw withdrawal resistance, but lowered tensile strength. Polyurethane lowered the mechanical properties of flax fiber reinforced plywood. Flax fiber reinforced epoxy resin bonded plywood exceeded glass fiber reinforced plywood in terms of shear strength, modulus of elasticity, and modulus of rupture.
Original languageEnglish
JournalPolym.
Volume13
Issue number18
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Sept 2021

Keywords

  • Fiber reinforced plywood
  • Flax fiber
  • Wood-based composite
  • Adhesives
  • Elastic moduli
  • Epoxy resins
  • Flax
  • Formaldehyde
  • Linen
  • Metabolism
  • Monomers
  • Plywood
  • Polyurethanes
  • Screws
  • Tensile strength
  • Urea
  • Wood products
  • Adhesive systems
  • Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)
  • Bonded plywood
  • Fiber reinforced
  • Mechanical and physical properties
  • Melamine urea formaldehydes
  • Modulus of rupture
  • Urea formaldehyde
  • Urea formaldehyde resins

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