Evaluation of thermo-mechanical properties, impact resistance, and structural compounds of low-density polyethylene composites with bamboo fibers (LDPE / bamboo fiber composites)

• Grant number: 18/04590-0
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: June 01, 2018
• End date: November 30, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Materials and Metallurgical Engineering - Nonmetallic Materials
• Principal Investigator: Nilson Casimiro Pereira
• Grantee: Nilson Casimiro Pereira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• City of the host institution: São Paulo

Abstract

Considering the necessity of the development of materials and processes of sustainability and of occurrences of great diversity of bamboo species in Brazil, being the same still little used by western society, the objective of this Project is preparation and processing of LDPE (Low Density Polyethylene) / Bamboo fibers, in the form of films for application, for example, in packaging, evaluating as mechanical, thermo-mechanical and structural properties of composites obtained. The results of this work are compared with results obtained with other polymeric composites with the use of bamboo fibers and other lignocellulosic fibers. It intends, from the work, to initiate the development of technology of processing of composite materials, bamboo fibers and other natural fibers, Laboratories of Characterization and Processing of Materials, Department of Materials Engineering of Mackenzie Presbyterian University. (AU)