2024 - Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS 2024 Volume 8. Monteiro Intl. Symp / Composite, Ceramic and Nano Materials Processing
| Editors: | F. Kongoli, P. Assis, H.A.C. Lopera, S. Diaz, V. Scarpini Candido |
| Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
| Publication Year: | 2024 |
| Pages: | 288 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-1-998384-18-1 (CD) |
| ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
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FIQUE: A NATURAL FIBER FROM ANDES MOUNTAIN RANGE FROM COLOMBIA
Henry Alonso Colorado Lopera1; Sergio Monteiro2; Marc Meyers3;1UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA, Medellín, Colombia; 2MILITARY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 3UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO, Del Mar, United States;
Type of Paper: Invited
Id Paper: 388
Topic: 18
Abstract:
This research summarizes results regarding a vegetable natural fiber from Colombia, produced in the leaves of the fique plant, a species from the genus Furcraea andina. Fique is a strong natural fiber used for centuries for local indigenous peoples in Colombia, and later used for farmers and locals to produce crafts, clothes, shoes, and bags, among other traditional objects. Recently, fique has been used in combination with clays and cements as a construction material, and also as a reinforcement in polymer matrix composite in a strong collaboration between Colombia and Brazil, particularly for ballistic protection and other dynamic applications. Tensile tests and scanning electron microscopy characterization is presented here, with a discussion of possibilities for fique in engineering.