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Charpy impact strength (kJ/m 2 ) 25
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0
GF0 GF2 GF4 GF6 SF0 SF4
Sample Nos
Fig. 2.24 Comparison of impact strength with control sample (GF0) [47].
7.5
744h
7.0
624h
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504h
6.0
384h
5.5
Moisture absorption (%) 4.5 144h
264h
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24h
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GF0 GF4 GF6 SF0 SF4
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Fig. 2.25 Percentage of water absorption of GFR laminates and PS foam-GFR face sheet
sandwich laminates with respect to different samples [47].
However, further addition of clay led to negative effect on mechanical properties of
the HDPE/bamboo composite system. For the bamboo fiber-reinforced system, the
tensile strength increased almost linearly with increase of the MAPE content. Further,
the bending modulus and strength increased with MAPE loading up to the 4%–6%
level, but they began to decrease when more MAPE is added.
