Structural self-bearing panel with sugarcane particleboards and castor oil resin for cattle handling facilities

Author(s)

Diogo de Lucca Sartori

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: Pirassununga.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Zootecnica e Engenharia de Alimentos (FZE/BT)
• Defense date: 2012-07-16

Examining board members

Holmer Savastano Júnior; Francisco Antonio Rocco Lahr; Luciano Andrade Silva

• Advisor: Holmer Savastano Júnior

Abstract

The objective of this study was to adjust a process for the manufacture of particleboards of sugarcane bagasse and bi-component polyurethane resin a base of castor oil, toevaluate its physic-mechanical properties, microstructure and durability of this material and to validate its use as component of self-bearing panel for use as a lateral closure of zootechnics installations for cattle. The particleboard quality was evaluated based on the requirements of normative documents NBR 14810 (2006) and ANSI A208.1 (1999). Particleboards were manufactured with particles size up to 8 and 5 mm, to identify the appropriate size of the raw material forthe application in particleboards for composition of the self-bearing panel. Then, a prototype ofself-bearing panel in reforestation wood and sugarcane particleboards it was developed and manufactured, which had its structural performance evaluated by soft body impact test. The results indicate that particleboards with particles size up to 8 mm showed values of physical-mechanical properties that met the minimum recommendations of the normative documents for structural use. The self-bearing panel showed adequate structural performance to withstand impact loads under the conditions of use and it can be designate asan alternative to closing side of cattle handling facilities. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 10/03369-7 - Development of particleboards painel the base of sugar cane bagasse and polyurethane resin based on castor oil for implementation into rural buildings
• Grantee: Diogo de Lucca Sartori
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master