Investigation of the effect of thermal stress on the interface damage of hybrid biocomposite materials

Abstract In this paper, we have studied the effect of thermal stress on the damage of fiber-matrix interface of a hybrid biocomposite composed of two natural fibers, Hemp, Sisal, and Starch matrix. Our genetic modeling used the nonlinear acoustic technique based on Cox’s analytical model, Weibull’s probabilistic model, and Lebrun’s model describing the thermal stress by the two coefficients of expansion. The stress applied to our representative elementary volume is a uni-axial tensile stress. The numerical simulation shows that the Hemp- Sisal/Starch hybrid biocomposite is most resistant to thermal stresses as compared with Hemp/Starch biocomposite. It also shows that hybrid biocomposite materials have a high resistance to applied stresses (mechanical and thermal) compared to traditional materials and biocomposite materials. The results obtained in our study coincide perfectly with the results of Antoine et al., which showed through experimental tests that natural fibers perfectly improve the mechanical properties of biocomposite materials.