Acoustic Properties of Tea-Leaf Fiber Mixed Polyurethane Composites

Celebi S., KÜÇÜK H.

CELLULAR POLYMERS, cilt.31, sa.5, ss.241-255, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 31 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/026248931203100501
  • Dergi Adı: CELLULAR POLYMERS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.241-255
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Polymer-matrix composites, Tea-leaf, Fibers, Sound absorption, SOUND-ABSORPTION, MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES, FOAM
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Natural tea-leaf fibers were used as reinforcement agents in different polyurethane-based matrixes to improve the sound absorption properties of the composite. Adding tea-leaf-fibers to rigid polyurethane foam demonstrate limited contribution to sound absorption properties of the material. Furthermore, adding tea-leaf-fibers to soft foam results in a significant improvement of sound absorption properties of the composite. In this study herein, the composite including 24% tea-leaf-fibers was observed to provide the best sound absorption coefficient. Additionally, soft foam demonstrates better acoustic properties than rigid foam.