Dimensional stability of glass fiber reinforced poplar scrimber.

Fiber reinforced materials have been widely used in the different fields in terms of their excellent properties. In this work, glass fiber reinforced poplar scrimber was in focus, and special attention was given to its dimensional stability with respective of different layers (0, 1, 2, 3) and mass fraction (1.5 wt.%, 3.0 wt.%, 4.5 wt.%, 6.0 wt.%, 7.5 wt.%) of glass fiber mesh. The experimental results showed that the glass fiber reinforced poplar scrimber with 2 layers and 6.0 % mass fraction of glass fiber mesh has the greatest dimensional stability and energy efficiency ratio. It is proposed to be adopted in the industrial processing of glass fiber reinforced poplar scrimber to improve its application and production benefit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]