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Nowadays notorious technological growth is encouraging research natural materials in substitution to more usual synthetic ones. One of those initiatives is the vegetable fibers that have been studied for the replacement of glass and carbon fibers. This research addresses broadly the study of the natural fibers mechanics properties, but none study have been made with natural fabrics, such as the pure jute fabric used in Brazil to make ropes and carpets. This work aim to evaluate the mechanical behavior of jute fabric strips with different dimensions to be used as reinforcement into polymeric composites Lots of those fabric strips were subjected to tensile tests in order to obtain the tensile resistance for each strip size. The results obtained during the tests were satisfactory and indicated that 160 × 160 × 1 mm correspond to the best result and the perfect fabric strip for the composite reinforcement.
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The authors thank the support to this investigation by the Brazilian agencies: CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ and TECNORTE/FENORTE. It is also acknowledged the Redentor Faculty Research Committee for the aid in scientific projects and the UFRJ for the permission to the use of the impact equipment of IQ/UFRJ and the SEM microscope by the PEMM from COPPE/UFRJ.
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Monteiro, S.N., Margem, F.M., Daniel, G.F., Barbosa, V.O., Gomes, A.R., de Souza, V.B. (2017). The Dimensional Characterization of Jute Fabric Strips for Reinforcement in Composite Polymeric. In: Ikhmayies, S., et al. Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials 2017. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51382-9_5
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