A review investigating the influence of nanofiller addition on the mechanical, thermal and water absorption properties of cellulosic fibre reinforced polymer composite

2021 ◽  
pp. 152808372110575
Author(s):  
Adnan Amjad ◽  
Aslina Anjang Ab Rahman ◽  
Habib Awais ◽  
Mohd Shukur Zainol Abidin ◽  
Junaid Khan
Keyword(s):  
Surface Treatment ◽  
Water Absorption ◽  
Polymer Composites ◽  
Moisture Absorption ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Natural Fibre ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Absorption Properties ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fibre Reinforced Polymer

Composite holds great promise for future materials considering its advantages such as excellent strength, stiffness, lightweight, and cost-effectiveness. Due to rising environmental concerns, the research speed gradually changes from synthetic polymer composites to natural fibre reinforced polymer composites (NFRPCs). Natural fibres are believed a valuable and robust replacement to synthetic silicates and carbon-based fibres, along with biodegradability, recyclability, low cost, and eco-friendliness. But the incompatibility between natural fibre and polymer matrices and higher moisture absorption percentage of natural fibre limitise their applications. To overcome these flaws, surface treatment of natural fibre and nanofiller addition have become some of the most important aspects to improve the performance of NFRPCs. This review article provides the most recent development on the effect of different nanofiller addition and surface treatment on the mechanical, thermal, and wetting behaviour of NFRPCs. It concludes that the fibre surface treatment and nanofillers in natural fibre polymer composites positively affect mechanical, thermal and water absorption properties. A systematic understanding in this field covers advanced research basics to stimulate investigation for fabricating NFRPCs with excellent performance.

scholarly journals Preparation and Water Absorption Properties of Parinari polyandra Fruit Shell Reinforced Epoxy Composites

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Temitope E Odetoye ◽  
Olaide O Ashaolu
Keyword(s):  
Water Absorption ◽  
Filler Content ◽  
Agricultural Waste ◽  
Natural Fibre ◽  
Resin Matrix ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Absorption Properties ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fibre Reinforced Polymer

— The need to protect the environment has led to renewed research interest in sustainable bio-based materials such as natural fibre-reinforced polymer composites. Parinari polyandra (Benth) fruit shell (PPFS) is a woody biomass residue that is scarcely explored. This work reports the use of parinari as the fiber reinforcement in epoxy resin matrix biocomposites. The biocomposites were prepared from 2mm sized particles using hand layup method and by varying fibre contents from 0 to 40 wt %. The biocomposites affinities for water were determined by short and the long term water absorption tests according to ASTM standards.  Water absorption capabilities of the biocomposites increased with increasing fibre contents while 10 wt% fibre content gave excellent moisture resistance property. The lowest water absorption of  0.01 and 0.2% for short term and long term tests respectively occurred in the 10 wt % filler content which compared very well with the control  at short term test. PPFS is hereby suggested as a suitable natural filler material for bio-epoxy composite with desirable water absorption resistance properties.Keywords— Agricultural waste, Biocomposites, Parinari, Water absorption, West Africa

scholarly journals Moisture Absorption Studies of COIR and Sisal Short Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 116-127
Author(s):  
Ambareesh K V
Keyword(s):  
Water Absorption ◽  
Polymer Composites ◽  
Moisture Absorption ◽  
Natural Fiber ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Natural Fibre ◽  
Epoxy Composites ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Short Fibers ◽  
Reinforced Polymer

Abstract: Easy availability of natural fibre, low cost and ease of manufacturing have urged the attention of researchers towards the possibility of reinforcement of natural fiber to improve their mechanical properties and study the extent to which they satisfy the required specifications of good reinforced polymer composite for industrial and structural applications. Polymer composites made of natural fiber is susceptible for moisture. Moisture absorption in such composites mainly because of hydrophilic nature of natural fibers. Water uptake of natural fiber reinforced composites has an effect on different. Lot of researchers prepared the natural fiber reinforced composites without conducting water absorption tests; hence it is the potential area to investigate the behavior of the composites with different moisture absorption. In this research the experimental sequence and the materials are used for the study of coir and Sisal short fiber reinforced epoxy matrix composites. The coir and Sisal short fibers are made into the short fibers with 10 mm x 10 mm x 5 mm size. The Epoxy Resin-LY556(Di glycidyl ether of bi phenol) and Hardner-HYD951 (Tetra mine), the water absorption behaviors are analyzed in the coir and Sisal short fibers reinforced epoxy composites. The water absorption behaviors of the epoxy composites reinforced with the coir and sisal short fibers with 25, 30 and 35wt% were analyzed at three different water environments, such as sea water, distilled water, and tap water for 12 days at room temperature. It was observed that the composites show the high level of the water absorption percentage at sea water immersion as compared to the other water environments. Due to the water absorption, the mechanical properties of macro particle/epoxy composites were decreased at all weight percentages. Keywords: Natural fibre, Moisture absorption, Coir and sisal short fibre, Reinforced polymer composites, Water absorption behaviour Polymer matrix composite (Epoxy resin) using Coir and sisal short fibre and to study its moisture absorption behaviour

Effect of Hybridization and Water Absorption Properties of Flax and Sugar Palm Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites: A Review

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Senthilkumar Krishnasamy ◽  
Chandrasekaran M ◽  
Senthil Muthu Kumar T ◽  
Shahroze R.M. ◽  
Ishak M.R. ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Absorption ◽  
Polymer Composites ◽  
Absorption Properties ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fibre Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Sugar Palm Fibre ◽  
Palm Fibre

scholarly journals A Review on Mechanical Properties of Natural Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites under Various Strain Rates

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 130
Author(s):  
Tan Ke Khieng ◽  
Sujan Debnath ◽  
Ernest Ting Chaw Liang ◽  
Mahmood Anwar ◽  
Alokesh Pramanik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Polymer Composites ◽  
Stress Transfer ◽  
Natural Fibre ◽  
Transfer Efficiency ◽  
Strain Rates ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fibre Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fibre Matrix

With the lightning speed of technological evolution, the demand for high performance yet sustainable natural fibres reinforced polymer composites (NFPCs) are rising. Especially a mechanically competent NFPCs under various loading conditions are growing day by day. However, the polymers mechanical properties are strain-rate dependent due to their viscoelastic nature. Especially for natural fibre reinforced polymer composites (NFPCs) which the involvement of filler has caused rather complex failure mechanisms under different strain rates. Moreover, some uneven micro-sized natural fibres such as bagasse, coir and wood were found often resulting in micro-cracks and voids formation in composites. This paper provides an overview of recent research on the mechanical properties of NFPCs under various loading conditions-different form (tensile, compression, bending) and different strain rates. The literature on characterisation techniques toward different strain rates, composite failure behaviours and current challenges are summarised which have led to the notion of future study trend. The strength of NFPCs is generally found grow proportionally with the strain rate up to a certain degree depending on the fibre-matrix stress-transfer efficiency. The failure modes such as embrittlement and fibre-matrix debonding were often encountered at higher strain rates. The natural filler properties, amount, sizes and polymer matrix types are found to be few key factors affecting the performances of composites under various strain rates whereby optimally adjust these factors could maximise the fibre-matrix stress-transfer efficiency and led to performance increases under various loading strain rates.

Experimental analysis of adhesively bonded joints in synthetic- and natural fibre-reinforced polymer composites

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (9) ◽  
pp. 1245-1255 ◽  
Author(s):  
HFM de Queiroz ◽  
MD Banea ◽  
DKK Cavalcanti
Keyword(s):  
Polymer Composites ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Natural Fibre ◽  
Lap Joints ◽  
Bonded Joints ◽  
Adhesively Bonded ◽  
Adhesively Bonded Joints ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fibre Composites ◽  
Fibre Reinforced Polymer

The application of adhesively bonded joints in automotive industry has increased significantly in recent years mainly because of the potential for lighter weight vehicles, fuel savings and reduced emissions. The use of composites in making automotive body components to achieve a reduced vehicle mass has also continuously increased. Natural fibre composites have recently attracted a great deal of attention by the automotive industry due to their many attractive benefits (e.g. high strength-to-weight ratio, sustainable characteristics and low cost). However, the literature on natural fibre-reinforced polymer composite adhesive joints is scarce and needs further investigation. The main objective of this study was to evaluate and compare the mechanical performance of adhesively bonded joints made of synthetic- and natural fibre-reinforced polymer composites. Similar and dissimilar single lap joints bonded with a modern tough structural adhesive used in the automotive industry, as well as the epoxy resin AR260 (the same resin used in composite fabrication) were tested. It was found that the average failure loads varied significantly with adhesive material strength and adherend stiffness. Furthermore, it was also observed that failure mode has a significant effect in failure load. The jute-based natural fibre composites joints, both hybrid and purely natural, were superior in strength compared to the sisal-based natural composites joints.

scholarly journals Material Selection of a Natural Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites using an Analytical Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 1165-1179
Author(s):  
M. Noryani ◽  
S. M. Sapuan ◽  
M. T. Mastura ◽  
M. Y. M. Zuhri ◽  
E. S. Zainudin
Keyword(s):  
Polymer Composites ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Material Selection ◽  
Natural Fibre ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fibre Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Selection Of
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