@Article{JRM.2015.634111,
AUTHOR = {Ali Amiri, Nassibeh Hosseini, Chad A. Ulven},
TITLE = {Long-Term Creep Behavior of Flax/Vinyl Ester Composites Using Time-Temperature Superposition Principle},
JOURNAL = {Journal of Renewable Materials},
VOLUME = {3},
YEAR = {2015},
NUMBER = {3},
PAGES = {224--233},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/jrm/v3n3/49600},
ISSN = {2164-6341},
ABSTRACT = {Natural fibers have great potential to be used as reinforcement in composite materials. Cellulose, being a critical
constituent of natural fibers, provides unquestionable advantages over synthetically produced fibers. Increasing
demand for use of bio-based composites in different engineering and structural applications requires proper test
methods and models for predicting their long-term behavior. In the present work, the time-temperature
superposition principle was successfully applied to characterize creep behavior of flax/vinyl ester composites.
The creep compliance vs time curves were determined and shifted along the logarithmic time axis to generate a
master compliance curve. The time-temperature superposition provided an accelerated method for evaluation of
mechanical properties of bio-based composites, and the results suggest that the time-temperature superposition
is a useful tool for accelerated testing of long-term behavior of bio-based composites.},
DOI = {10.7569/JRM.2015.634111}
}