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The experimentally observed tensile properties (tensile strength and modulus) of short sisal fibre-reinforced LDPE with different fibre loading have been compared with the existing theories of reinforcement. The macroscopic behaviour of fibre-filled composites is affected by fibre loading, orientation and length of the fibres in the continuous medium. The interfacial adhesion between fibre and matrix also plays a major role in controlling the mechanical properties of the fibre-filled composites. In this study, a comparison is made between experimental data and different theoretical models. Composite models, such as parallel and series, Hirsch, Cox, Halpin–Tsai, modified Halpin–Tsai and modified Bowyer and Bader, have been tried to fit the experimental data.
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KALAPRASAD, G., JOSEPH, K., THOMAS, S. et al. Theoretical modelling of tensile properties of short sisal fibre-reinforced low-density polyethylene composites. Journal of Materials Science 32, 4261–4267 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018651218515
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