Micromechanical Modeling for Tensile Properties of Wood Plastic Composites: Use of Pruned Waste from Pecan Orchards as Sustainable Material for Reinforcement of Thermoplastic Composite.

Juan Miguel Díaz-Mendoza, Delia J Valles-Rosales, Young H Park, Ronald C Sabo

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Juan Miguel Díaz-MendozaDepartment of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juarez, Av. Del Charro 450, Juarez Chih 32410, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-7529-1223

Delia J Valles-RosalesDepartment of Industrial Engineering, New Mexico State University, 1060 Frenger Mall Dr. MSC 4230, Room 294, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9166-3234

Young H ParkDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, New Mexico State University, 1780 E. University Ave, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1022-7404

Ronald C SaboUSDA Forest Products Laboratory, One Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison, WI 53726, USA.

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National Institute of Food and Agriculture 2015-38422-24112National Institute of Food and Agriculture 2018-38422-28564

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Abstract

Wood plastic composites (WPCs) specimens containing high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and wood pruning waste were manufactured and evaluated for their mechanical properties. Pecan waste was used as an accessible and sustainable source in this study, and the effects of its particle size and concentration on WPC strengths were evaluated. Pecan waste was milled and sieved to various particle sizes, and testing samples were fabricated by mixing them in a twin-screw extruder and injection molding. A coupling agent was used to create a stable bond between the HDPE and wood. Both tensile modulus and strength were increased with an increasing pecan flour concentration up to about 60 weigh percent. A micromechanical model is proposed for predicting the mechanical properties of the wood flour/fiber reinforce composite. This model uses a correction factor of an elliptical of carried sizes and shapes. The preliminary results of the model have a high correlation with the experimental values of the composite in all mesh sizes.

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micromechanical modelingparticle sizepecan wastesustainabletensile strengthwood plastic composites

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PMID35160493

DOI10.3390/polym14030504

PMCPMC8839127

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