TY - JOUR TI - Deep insight on the behaviour of short fibres within a composite under uniaxial tensile AU - Zouari, Riadh AU - Visileanu, Emilia T2 - Industria Textila AB - This work presents an investigation of the mechanical properties of a composite structure manufactured from polypropylene matrix reinforced with jute waste fibres collected from textile industry with extrusion followed by injection techniques. Mechanical tests under uniaxial strain shows that this lightweight vegetal fibre significantly enhanced the mechanical performances of the whole composite with a very slight quantity of compatibilizer which positively influences the final price of the composite. The fracture surfaces showed highly tethered as well as weakly anchored fibres to the matrix. Moreover, in order to have a deep insight on that anchoring behaviour, uniaxial tensile deformation was applied under Scanning Electron Microscopy and evidenced how the fibre/matrix interface plays a high role to strengthen the whole structure. The fibre and matrix interface is not simply resumed to high or weak anchoring but there is a combination of sticking and slipping of reinforcement on the polymeric walls. DA - 2021/12/21/ PY - 2021 DO - 10.35530/IT.072.06.1850 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 72 IS - 06 SP - 659 EP - 665 SN - 12225347 UR - http://revistaindustriatextila.ro/images/2021/6/12%20RIADH%20ZOUARI%20Industria%20Textila%206_2021.pdf Y2 - 2021/12/28/09:10:05 ER -