Improvement of technological properties of wood plastic composites reinforced with glass and carbon fibre fabric

In this study, HDPE-based flat-pressed WPCs were reinforced with glass fibre and carbon woven fabrics, which could be used where high strength stiffness are required. The effect of reinforcement on some physical, mechanical, thermal properties fire performance was investigated. According to the results, increase in fabric density resulted holding much water microvoids fabric, increased absorption up 32.96%. Reinforcement also hardness. general, continuous filaments significantly mechanical properties. improvement exceeded over 400% for tensile compared unreinforced control samples, while increases 129% 115% flexural MOE, respectively. interlocking matrix fabrics is an important factor that affects load transfer. strong interaction between wood-polymer wood-polymer-woven observed from SEM investigation. stability composites improved, possibly due homogeneous distribution heat within fibres. Glass fibres presumably acted as a buffer against increasing heat, onset temperature. Moreover, according LOI test, need oxygen 24.72 26.01 wood flour reinforcement.