scholarly journals Effects of Process Parameters on Tensile Strength of Jute Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites

1970 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
HMMA Rashed ◽  
MA Islam ◽  
FB Rizvi
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Process Parameters ◽  
Natural Fiber ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Natural Fibers ◽  
Jute Fiber ◽  
Thermoplastic Composites ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Ceramic Fibers

For Environmental concern on synthetic fibers (such as glass, carbon, ceramic fibers, etc.) natural fibers such as flax, hemp, jute, kenaf, etc. are widely used. In this research work, jute fiber reinforced polypropylene matrix composites have been developed by hot compression molding technique with varying process parameters, such as fiber condition (untreated and alkali treated), fiber sizes (1, 2 and 4 mm) and percentages (5%, 10% and 15% by weight). The developed jute fiber reinforced composites were then characterized by tensile test, optical and scanning electron microscopy. The results show that tensile strength increases with increase in the fiber size and fiber percentage; however, after a certain size and percentage, the tensile strength decreases again. Compared to untreated fiber, no significant change in tensile strength has been observed for treated jute fiber reinforcement. Fractographic observation suggests the fracture behavior to be brittle in nature. Keywords: Natural fiber, Jute fiber, Polypropylene, Composite, Tensile strength.  DOI: 10.3329/jname.v3i1.923 Journal of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering 3(2006) 1-6

Tensile Strength of Banana – Bamboo – Glass Fiber Reinforced Natural Fiber Composites

2014 ◽  
Vol 592-594 ◽  
pp. 1195-1199
Author(s):  
Ashwin Sailesh ◽  
C. Shanjeevi ◽  
J.Jeswin Arputhabalan
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Glass Fiber ◽  
Fiber Orientation ◽  
Natural Fiber ◽  
Fiber Composite ◽  
Natural Fibers ◽  
Fiber Composites ◽  
Natural Fiber Composites ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Glass Fiber Reinforced

The developments in the field of composite materials are growing tremendously day by day. One such development is the use of natural fibers as reinforcement in the composite material. This is attributed to the fact that natural fibers are environmental friendly, economical, easily available and non-abrasive. Mixing of natural fiber with Glass Fibers is finding increased applications. In this present investigation Banana – Bamboo – Glass fiber reinforced natural fiber composites is fabricated by Hand – Layup technique with varying fiber orientation such as [0°G, 90°BM, 0°BN, 0°G], [0°G, 0°BM, +45°BN, 0°G] and [0°G, 0°BM, 90°BN, 0°G] and are tested for its tensile strength. The tensile strength of the fabricated composites is evaluated. The results indicated that the natural fiber composite with the fiber orientation of [0°G, 0°BM, 90°BN, 0°G] can withstand more load when compared to the samples with other fiber orientation. Nomenclature Used: BN – Banana fiber BM – Bamboo fiber G – Glass fiber

scholarly journals Damping Behavior of Thermoplastic Organic Sheets with Continuous Natural Fiber-Reinforcement

Vibration ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 529-536
Author(s):  
Martin Dannemann ◽  
Sebastian Siwek ◽  
Niels Modler ◽  
André Wagenführ ◽  
Johannes Tietze
Keyword(s):  
Natural Fiber ◽  
Natural Fibers ◽  
Flax Fiber ◽  
Thermoplastic Composites ◽  
Damping Capacity ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Lightweight Structures ◽  
Damping Behavior ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Materials ◽  
Fiber Materials

In the field of lightweight construction, the use of natural fibers as reinforcement in composites has been increasingly discussed. Additionally, the damping properties of natural fibers are known from fiber materials such as fiber insulation boards. In the scope of the work presented here, the focus is on identifying the potential of natural fibers for lightweight structures with high vibration damping capacity. For this purpose, test specimens made of flax fiber-reinforced and glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites were manufactured and characterized. Contrary to expectations, the flax fiber-reinforced composite exhibited an almost isotropic damping characteristic. A comparison of the damping and stiffness properties determined by measurement confirms the high potential of natural fiber-reinforced materials for lightweight structures with high damping.

scholarly journals EFFECTS OF NaOH MODIFICATION ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF BAOBAB POD FIBER REINFORCED LDPE COMPOSITES

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-95
Author(s):  
U Shehu ◽  
MT Isa ◽  
BO Aderemi ◽  
TK Bello
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Water Absorption ◽  
Natural Fiber ◽  
Fiber Composite ◽  
Natural Fibers ◽  
Hydraulic Press ◽  
Low Density Polyethylene ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Elongation At Break

In order to improve properties of natural fibers as reinforcement, different treatment methods have being adopted by researchers. However, the use of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) for the treatment of baobab pod fiber as reinforcement in low density polyethylene is sparsely reported. Therefore, this study, investigated the effect of 2 wt%, 4 wt% 6 wt%, 8 wt% and 10 wt%  concentration of NaOH on baobab pod fibers as reinforcement for low density polyethylene (LDPE). Two roll mill machine and hydraulic press at a pressure of 10 kN and temperature of 120oC aided the production of the composite. FT-IR was used to analyze the functional groups of the treated and un-treated fibers. The result showed the disappearance of the peak 1550 cm-1 corresponding to lignin after modification. Further, the composites were characterized for the following tensile strength (TS), modulus of elasticity (MOE), elongation at break, impact strength and water absorption. Preliminary studies on the effect of loading of the unmodified baobab fiber in the LDPE matrix showed desirable properties at 10 wt%, where fiber content was in the range of 5 wt% to 30 wt% at interval of 5 wt%. The composite produced from the 8 wt% NaOH modified fiber had the highest tensile strength, MOE, elongation at break. At this modification level, the tensile strength, MOE and elongation at break were about 75.48%, 92.18% and 28% respectively higher than the composite produced from unmodified fiber. Composite produced with 10 wt% NaOH modified fiber exhibited least water absorption of 1.80%, which was 50% lower than unmodified. These showed that the modification of the fiber improved the composite properties. These properties compared favorably with some reported properties for natural fiber reinforced polymer composites. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/njt.v36i1.12

Determination of Delamination and Tensile Strength of Drilled Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites

2014 ◽  
Vol 592-594 ◽  
pp. 134-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Dilli Babu ◽  
K. Sivaji Babu ◽  
B. Uma Maheswar Gowd
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Natural Fiber ◽  
Natural Fibers ◽  
Cutting Speed ◽  
Fiber Composites ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Composites ◽  
Resin Matrix ◽  
Reinforced Composites ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Glass Fiber Composites

A study has been carried out to investigate the delamination and tensile properties of drilled composites made by reinforcing the natural fibers like hemp, jute, banana and vakka into a polyester resin matrix. The fibers extracted by retting and manual processes have been used to fabricate the composites. These composites are tested for delamination and tensile strength after drilling and compared with those of established composite like glass made under the same laboratory conditions. The Taguchi method with orthogonal array of L9 (34) was selected to realize the influence of the drilling parameters (cutting speed and feed rate) on delamination and tensile strength for various fiber reinforced composites. The results indicate that the delamination of the drilled natural fiber composites were in some cases better than those of glass fiber composites.

scholarly journals Tensile Strength of Banana Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composites Materials

2015 ◽  
Vol 776 ◽  
pp. 260-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agustinus Purna Irawan ◽  
I. Wayan Sukania
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Natural Fiber ◽  
Epoxy Composite ◽  
Natural Fibers ◽  
Fiber Composites ◽  
Epoxy Composites ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Banana Fiber ◽  
Composites Materials ◽  
Biocomposite Material

Indonesia is one of countries with the potential for abundant natural resources, especially natural fibers. The potential of Indonesian natural fibers abundant is not fully put to good use to increase social welfare. One of the natural fibers that have the potential to be developed is the banana fiber. Banana fiber has potential in abundance and can be developed as a biocomposite material that is strong, inexpensive, environmentally friendly, and can be recycled. This study aims to produce a tensile strength of Banana Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composite Materials (BFRECM). Testing of the tensile strength refers to the ASTM D 3039 / D3039M. Based on the research results, obtained the tensile strength of BFRECM (62.3 ± 0.67) MPa and modulus of elasticity (8.72 ± 1.12) GPa. Tensile strength obtained will be referred for further study of natural fiber composites.

Effect of Pretreatment Methods on Properties of Natural Fiber Composites: A Review

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 555-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Venkatachalam ◽  
P. Navaneethakrishnan ◽  
R. Rajsekar ◽  
S. Shankar
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Natural Fiber ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Fiber Composite ◽  
Agricultural Waste ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Natural Fibers ◽  
Synthetic Fiber ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Chemical Treatments

India as a tropical agricultural country has great potential to develop and use fiber derived from agricultural waste. Natural fibers are an important by-product of extraction process and they can be used as reinforcement in composite products. Composites are developed with unsaturated polyester resin as the matrix with natural fiber as the reinforcement. The results show decreased strength and modulus with increasing the fiber volume fraction. This indicates ineffective stress transfer between the fiber and matrix due to lower adhesion. It is necessary to bring a hydrophobic nature to the fibers by suitable chemical treatments in order to develop composites with improved mechanical properties. In these review papers, different types of natural fibers are subjected to a variety of physical and chemical treatments. The types of treatments studied in these papers include Physical treatments such as beating and heating, and chemical treatments like alkalization, silane, acetylation and benzoylation. The effects of these treatments on mechanical properties of the composites are analyzed. Fractures are analyzed by using the scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Analysis by FTIR and DMA showed that physico-chemical changes of surfaces of treated natural fibers. In general, treatments to the fibers can significantly improve adhesion and reduce water absorption, thereby improving mechanical properties of the composites. The purpose of this review paper is to summarize the research work done on various pretreatments in the preparation of natural fiber reinforced composites and to highlight the potential use of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites in industry and its potential to replace the synthetic fiber composite and conventional materials in the future.

Synthesis and Characterization of Hardwickia Binata Fiber with Epoxy

2014 ◽  
Vol 592-594 ◽  
pp. 874-878 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Gunasekhar Reddy ◽  
P. Nowshoba ◽  
G. Harinath Gowd ◽  
Bathina Sreenivasulu
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Length ◽  
Natural Fiber ◽  
Natural Fibers ◽  
Weight Fraction ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Ceramic Fibers ◽  
Impact Properties ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Carbon Ceramic ◽  
The Impact

For hundreds of year’s composite materials have been playing very crucial role in the field of materials. The applications of composites expanded widely to the aircraft, automotive, sporting goods, and biomedical industries. Today natural fibers like ramie, jowar, sisal, flax, hemp, jute, bamboo, banana, etc. are widely used than the synthetic fibers like glass, carbon, ceramic fibers, etc., because these natural fibres offer several advantages over synthetic fibres. In this project a new natural fiber is introduced to develop Fiber Reinforced Composite. Composite material is fabricated by hand lay-up method by using epoxy resin as the matrix and Hardwickia binata fiber as the reinforcing agent. Mechanical properties such as tensile and impact properties of Hardwickia binata fiber reinforced composites are investigated by varying fiber length and weight fraction. The composite plate is fabricated with different weight fractions of hardwickia binata fiber (5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 wt. %) and different lengths of the fiber (2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 mm). This paper concludes that, the tensile properties increases up to 20 wt. % fiber load with increasing fiber length while the impact properties increases with increasing fiber length and fiber load.

Jute Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites Fabricated by Direct Fiber Feeding Injection Molding (DFFIM) Process

2020 ◽  
Vol 856 ◽  
pp. 268-275
Author(s):  
Prattakon Sarasook ◽  
Putinun Uawongsuwan ◽  
Anin Memon ◽  
Hiroyuki Hamada
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Injection Molding ◽  
Tensile Modulus ◽  
Jute Fiber ◽  
Morphological Properties ◽  
Thermoplastic Composites ◽  
Poly Lactic Acid ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Molding Process ◽  
Spun Yarns

In this research, jute fiber reinforced polypropylene and poly (lactic acid) composites were fabricated, respectively by Direct Fiber Feeding Injection molding (DFFIM) process. Jute spun yarns were directly fed into the barrel of molding process in order to eliminate the fiber breakage during extrusion compounding process. Mechanical properties of both composites were investigated by tensile testing and morphological properties were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). For jute reinforced polypropylene (PP) composites, tensile strength of composite decreased but modulus increased, compared with neat PP. The using maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (MaPP) can improve interfacial bonding between jute fiber and PP matrix as observed by SEM, which resulted in the increasing of tensile strength. Therefore, in the case of jute/PLA composites, jute fibers surface treated with sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and silane coupling agent to improve interfacial adhesion. The tensile strength of untreated-jute/PLA composites are not different with PLA matrix but tensile modulus of untreated composites are higher than PLA matrix. In addition it is found that the tensile properties of NaOH-treated jute/PLA and NaOH+Silane-treated jute/PLA composites were improved, compared with untreated composites.

Predicting the Best Tensile Strength of Banana-Bamboo-Glass Fiber Reinforced Natural Fiber Composites Using Taguchi Method

2015 ◽  
Vol 766-767 ◽  
pp. 116-121
Author(s):  
Ashwin Sailesh ◽  
K. Palanikumar ◽  
R. Arunkumar ◽  
V. Nisanth ◽  
R. Vignesh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Taguchi Method ◽  
Glass Fiber ◽  
Natural Fiber ◽  
Glass Fibers ◽  
Natural Fibers ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Reinforced Composites ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Glass Fiber Reinforced

The developments in the field of composite materials are phenomenal. The use of natural fibers in the field of composite material is gaining importance. This is due to the advantages of natural fibers: they are eco-friendly, easily available, non-abrasive and cost effective. The combination of natural fiber with Glass fibers is used widely in many applications. In the current investigation Banana – Bamboo – Glass fiber reinforced composites is fabricated by Hand – Layup technique with varying fiber orientation and is tested for its tensile strength and the combination that would yield the best tensile strength is identified by using Taguchi Method.

Information in United States Patents on works related to ‘Natural Fibers’: 2000-2018

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krittirash Yorseng ◽  
Mavinkere R. Sanjay ◽  
Jiratti Tengsuthiwat ◽  
Harikrishnan Pulikkalparambil ◽  
Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Composite Materials ◽  
Natural Fiber ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Natural Fibers ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Composites ◽  
Reinforced Composites ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Macro Scale ◽  
Structural Applications

Background: This era has seen outstanding achievements in materials science through the advances in natural fiber-based composites. The new environmentally friendly and sustainability concerns have imposed the chemists, biologists, researchers, engineers, and scientists to discover the engineering and structural applications of natural fiber reinforced composites. Objective: To present a comprehensive evaluation of information from 2000 to 2018 in United States patents in the field of natural fibers and their composite materials. Methods: The patent data have been taken from the external links of US patents such as IFI CLAIMS Patent Services, USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet, Global Dossier, and Discuss. Results: The present world scenario demands the usage of natural fibers from agricultural and forest byproducts as a reinforcement material for fiber reinforced composites. Natural fibers can be easily extracted from plants and animals. Recently natural fiber in nanoscale is preferred over micro and macro scale fibers due to its superior thermo-mechanical properties. However, the choice of macro, micro, and nanofibers depends on their applications. Conclusion: This document presents a comprehensive evaluation of information from 2000 to 2018 in United States patents in the field of natural fibers and their composite materials.

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