Application of Natural Fibers in Hybrid Composite Materials

2015 ◽  
Vol 818 ◽  
pp. 311-315
Author(s):  
Michal Dúbravčík
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Composite Materials ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Hybrid Composite ◽  
Impact Test ◽  
Natural Fibers ◽  
Strength Testing ◽  
Carbon Fabric ◽  
Experimental Part ◽  
Test Process

The presented article deals about hybrid composite materials based on natural fibers and their mechanical testing. It contains test process of composite materials, which contain staple fibers and whole fibers of hemp, cotton, sisal and jute combined with carbon fabric. The objective of the thesis is to confirm or decline the ability of hybrid bio-composites usage in automotive industry following the testing results. Experimental part contains the methods of bio-composites test samples manufacturing and the testing, particularly tensile strength testing and impact test at a bending. The results of this part are statistically evaluated.

Influence of Palm Oil Fibers Length Variation on Mechanical Properties of Reinforced Crude Bricks

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mazhar Hussain ◽  
Daniel Levacher ◽  
Nathalie Leblanc ◽  
Hafida Zmamou ◽  
Irini Djeran Maigre ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Thermal Properties ◽  
Composite Materials ◽  
Physical Properties ◽  
Palm Oil ◽  
Mechanical Characteristics ◽  
Natural Fibers ◽  
Indirect Tensile

Crude bricks are composite materials manufactured with sediments and natural fibers. Natural fibers are waste materials and used in construction materials for reinforcement. Their reuse in manufacturing reinforced crude bricks is eco-friendly and improves mechanical and thermal characteristics of crude bricks. Factors such as type of fibers, percentage of fibers, length of fibers and distribution of fibers inside the bricks have significant effect on mechanical, physical and thermal properties of biobased composite materials. It can be observed by tests such as indirect tensile strength, compressive strength for mechanical characteristics, density, shrinkage, color for physical properties, thermal conductivity and resistivity for thermal properties, and inundation test for durability of crude bricks. In this study, mechanical and physical characteristics of crude bricks reinforced with palm oil fibers are investigated and effect of change in percentage and length of fibers is observed. Crude bricks of size 4*4*16 cm3 are manufactured with dredged sediments from Usumacinta River, Mexico and reinforced with palm oil fibers at laboratory scale. For this purpose, sediments and palm oil fibers characteristics were studied. Length of fibers used is 2cm and 3cm. Bricks manufacturing steps such as sediments fibers mixing, moulding, compaction and drying are elaborated. Dynamic compaction is opted for compaction of crude bricks due to energy control. Indirect tensile strength and compressive strength tests are conducted to identify the mechanical characteristics of crude bricks. Physical properties of bricks are studied through density and shrinkage. Durability of crude bricks is observed with inundation test. Thermal properties are studied with thermal conductivity and resistivity test. Distribution and orientation of fibers and fibers counting are done to observe the homogeneity of fibers inside the crude bricks. Finally, comparison between the mechanical characteristics of crude bricks manufactured with 2cm and 3cm length with control specimen was made.

Minimizing Property Variation in Natural Fiber Reinforcements for Green Composite Materials Applications

2017 ◽  
Vol 894 ◽  
pp. 50-55
Author(s):  
Leslie Joy L. Diaz ◽  
Stella Marie Hagad ◽  
Peter June M. Santiago
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Composite Materials ◽  
Natural Fiber ◽  
Large Deviation ◽  
Alkali Treatment ◽  
Unsaturated Polyester ◽  
Natural Fibers ◽  
Critical Length ◽  
Middle Section ◽  
Property Variation

Properties of composite materials are often predicted from properties of its component materials. In the case of green composites that are typically filled with natural fibers however, a large deviation from predictions is observed due to the large property variation in natural fibers. In this study, techniques have been developed to minimize the effect of the said variations, which included the determination of a fiber useful length and critical length, and the utilization of controlled chemical treatment to remove unwanted fiber components that interfere in fiber-matrix interfacial bonding. The abaca fiber was determined to have a diameter of 190 + 2 mm in about two-thirds of the fiber length in the middle section. A large variation in fiber diameter was observed at the root and tip sections such that the diameter could be as high as 200 mm at the root while the tip tapers to 110 to 165 mm. The useful length with constant diameter was determined to be about 2000 mm at the middle section. The critical length of this useful length was found to be 3.15 mm. The tensile strength was also determined to have an average of 970 MPa when measured at 15 mm gauge lengths but is found to decrease up to 796 MPa with increasing gauge lengths up to 35 mm. This superior tensile strength of abaca is also associated to the 2-3o microfibril misorientation from the axis of the fiber. Use of the fibers in composite as continuous and unidirectional filler at 5% loading to unsaturated polyester (tensile strength of 40 MPa) resulted to a tensile strength of 48 MPa. The tensile strength increased to 71 MPa when chemically treated continuous fiber was employed. Alkali treatment at relatively high temperature improved the surface morphology of the fiber, with waxes and lignin removed from the surface and activating the surface with hydroxyl functional groups, that essentially improved the wettability of the polymer to the fiber, and densified the fiber with the closure of its lumens.

scholarly journals Study of tensile strength and morphology of polyester matrix composite materials reinforced Hibiscus tiliaceust bark powder as raw material of rear bumper vehicle

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 085-090
Author(s):  
Sujita Darmo Darmo ◽  
Rudy Sutanto Sutanto
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Composite Material ◽  
Composite Materials ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Fibrous Composite ◽  
Natural Fibers ◽  
Alkaline Treatment ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Soaking Time ◽  
The Matrix

Fibrous composite materials continue to be researched and developed with the long-term goal of becoming an alternative to metal substitutes. Due to the nature of the fiber reinforced composite material, its high tensile strength, and low density compared to metal. In general, the composition of the composite consists of reinforcing fibers and a matrix as the binding material. The potential of natural fibers as a reinforcing composite material is still being developed and investigated. The research that has been done aims to determine the characteristics of the tensile strength of the composite strengthened with Hibiscus tiliaceust bark powder (HTBP) with alkaline NaOH and KOH treatment. The reinforcing material used is HTBP and the matrix is polyester resin, with volume fraction of 5%, 10% and 20% with an alkaline treatment of 5% NaOH and 5% KOH with immersion for 2 hours, 4 hours, 6 hours and 8 hours. Tensile testing specimens and procedures refer to ASTM D3039 standard. The results of this study showed the highest tensile strength of 34.96 MPa in the alkaline treatment of 5% KOH, soaking time of 8 hours with a volume fraction of 10% and the lowest tensile strength of 21.96 MPa of 5% KOH alkaline treatment, soaking time of 6 hours with a volume fraction of 20%. .with 10% volume fraction of 34.96 MPa and the lowest tensile strength was 5% KOH alkaline treatment at 6 hours immersion with 20% volume fraction.

Processing and Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of Coconut Coir and Rice Husk Reinforced Natural Hybrid Composites

2019 ◽  
Vol 895 ◽  
pp. 176-180
Author(s):  
C.K. Yogish ◽  
S. Pradeep ◽  
B. Kuldeep ◽  
K.P. Ravikumar ◽  
Rao R. Raghavendra
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Composite Materials ◽  
Flexural Strength ◽  
Rice Husk ◽  
Hybrid Composites ◽  
Natural Fibers ◽  
Coir Fiber ◽  
Coconut Coir ◽  
The Impact

Over the last decades composite materials, plastics and ceramics have been the dominant emerging materials. The volume and number of applications of composite materials have grown steadily, penetrating and conquering new markets relentlessly. So everybody is concentrating on new materials which will be strong enough, less weight, recyclable with reduced cost. Hence all the researchers are concentrated on the composite materials which have all the above properties. The present work is concentrated on coconut coir fiber and Rice husk reinforced polyester hybrid composites. The composites specimen was fabricated with various weight percentages of natural fibers namely coconut coir (20%, 15%, 10%, and 5%) and Rice husk (15%, 10%, and 5%) combined with CamElect 3321 resin using hand lay-up method. So to obtain new composite materials different proportions of coconut coir and Rice husk is added and the mechanical properties such as Tensile strength, Flexural Strength and Impact test were carried out for the samples cut from the fabricated composites specimen to the dimensions as per ASTM standard. With the increasing percentage of the reinforcements the performance of the material is improving. The tensile strength increases with the increase in coir reinforcement percentage and flexural strength increases with the increasing in percentage of the rice husk and the impact strength of the material gets boost with equal proportional percentage of coconut coir and rice husk reinforcement.

Tribo-mechanical behavior of HDPE/Natural fibers filler composite materials

MRS Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (63) ◽  
pp. 3775-3781 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.F. Louvier-Hernández ◽  
E. García-Bustos ◽  
C. Hernández-Navarro ◽  
G. Mendoza-Leal ◽  
L.A. Alcaraz-Caracheo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Composite Materials ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Natural Fibers ◽  
Academic World ◽  
Automotive Components ◽  
Complex Shapes ◽  
Tensile Performance ◽  
Gear Wheels ◽  
Plastic Parts ◽  
Do So

ABSTRACTOver the last decade, polymer composites reinforced with natural fibers gained interest, both from the academic world and from various industries. Due to the demanding needs for environmentally friendly composites, the automotive industry is now searching for biodegradable and renewable composite materials and products. There are a wide variety of different natural fibers which can be applied as reinforcement or fillers, showing potential as a replacement for inorganic fibers in automotive components. The fact that plastics are often economical to produce implies an advantage especially in very complex shapes, make them promising for obtaining composite materials, achieving short demolding times, as no chemical reaction is required. Moreover, polymers are used increasingly for stressed tribological components, whereby plastic parts replace metallic bearings, gear wheels or sliding elements. In this regard, the objective of this work was to produce composite materials based on natural fibers and to characterize the influence of the addition of different amounts of filler. To do so, composites of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and peanut shells (PS), at different proportions (2, 4 6, 8 and 10% wt.), were prepared. The composites were produced by injection molding and molded into a particular tension test simple mold. Although the FTIR presented an increment on the O-H vibration and a band around 1600 cm-1, the HDPE structure did not present modification. The mechanical properties of the HDPE were affected with the inclusion of the fibers. The tensile performance of the HDPE decrease with the increment of the fibers inclusion whiles the elastic modulus increases. The sample with 2% of natural fibers presented the lowest wear rate (k) and coefficient of friction (µ).

scholarly journals Mechanical Properties of Short and Continuous Kenaf/Pet Fibre Reinforced Polyoxymethylene Composite

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 096369351502400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yakubu Dan-mallam ◽  
Mohamad Zaki Abdullah ◽  
Puteri Sri Melor Megat Yusoff
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Hybrid Composite ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Natural Fibers ◽  
Fibre Length ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Impact Properties ◽  
Kenaf Composites ◽  
The Impact

The challenges of improving the mechanical properties of natural fibre composites cannot be over emphasized due to fibre geometry, poor fiber distribution in the matrix, the hydrophilic nature of natural fibers and poor fibre–matrix interfacial adhesion. The primary objective of this research is to study the influence of fibre length on mechanical properties of kenaf/PET fibre reinforced POM and to study the effect of hybridization on mechanical properties of the composites. The composites were produced by compression molding and subsequently subjected to tensile, flexural and impact tests according to their respective ASTM standards. The tensile strength of short POM/kenaf/PET (80/10/10) hybrid composite dropped by approximately 33% from 61.8 MPa to 41.3 MPa compared to neat POM. However, the tensile strength of continuous POM/kenaf composites increased significantly by approximately 127% and 107% for 70/30 and 80/20 compositions compared to neat POM. The flexural moduli of short POM/kenaf/PET (70/15/15) hybrid composite and continuous POM/kenaf (70/30) composite improved by approximately 41% and 29%, respectively. The impact strength substantially increased by nearly 161% in continuous POM/kenaf/PET (70/15/15) hybrid composite and 30% in POM/kenaf (80/20) composite. The results show that tensile, flexural and impact properties of the continuous POM/kenaf composites are superior to the short fiber composites, and the influence of hybridization, made a positive impact by enhancing the flexural and impact properties of the composites.

scholarly journals Optimization for Tensile Strength of Sisal Fiber, Glass Fiber and Alumina- Based Hybrid Composite using Taguchi Technique

2021 ◽  
pp. 299-308
Author(s):  
Veenapani R ◽  
B M Rajaprakash ◽  
Akash M
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Glass Fiber ◽  
Hybrid Composite ◽  
Hybrid Composites ◽  
Natural Fibers ◽  
Sisal Fiber ◽  
Taguchi Technique ◽  
Fiber Glass ◽  
Alumina Particles ◽  
Response Optimization

Natural fibers composite play an important role in making eco-friendly products. The present investigation has been made to find tensile strength of hybrid composites fabricated using optimal composition of sisal fiber, glass fiber and alumina. Multi-response optimization has been carried out. The compositions of reinforcements namely sisal fiber, glass fiber and alumina in hybrid composite were prepared by Hand-layup technique. Sisal fiber of 20 Wt.%, 30 Wt.% and 40 Wt.% are chopped into 10mm length, Glass fiber of 20 Wt.%, 30 Wt.% and 40 Wt.% are 10mm length and alumina particles of 2Wt.%, 3 Wt.% and 4 Wt.% are compositions of reinforcement were chosen according to orthogonal array as Taguchi technique(L9). The results have been verified through confirmatory experiments. Experimentations were carried out with the different composition based on L9 process parameters. Based on the experimental observations the maximum ultimate tensile strength was found to be 37.87 MPa for optimised input parameters as 20% of sisal fiber, 30% of glass fiber and 3% of alumina.

Comparative Studies of Nanostructured Aluminum Alloys by Destructive and Nondestructive Testing

2015 ◽  
Vol 1119 ◽  
pp. 9-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Lvova ◽  
Ivan Evdokimov ◽  
Sergey Perfilov
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Composite Materials ◽  
Aluminum Alloys ◽  
Nondestructive Testing ◽  
Yield Strength ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Comparative Studies ◽  
Carbon Nanostructures ◽  
Strength Testing

This work provides a comparative study of the mechanical properties of composite materials based on aluminum reinforced with carbon nanostructures. The study involved the tensile strength testing, as well as sclerometry and indentation in the submicron range. We determined the correlation of the values obtained for yield strength and hardness, and the tensile strength and morphology of the residual scratches.

scholarly journals Pengaruh prosentase larutan NaOH pada proses alkalisasi serat kulit pohon waru (hibiscus tiliaceus) sebagai reinforcement komposit terhadap kekuatan tarik serat tunggal

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arief Rizki Fadhillah ◽  
Dadang Hermawan ◽  
Arie Restu Wardhani
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Composite Material ◽  
Composite Materials ◽  
Natural Fiber ◽  
Natural Fibers ◽  
Single Fiber ◽  
Environmental Friendly ◽  
Synthetic Resins ◽  
Naoh Solution ◽  
Naoh Treatment

The utilization of natural fiber, nowadays, has employed as reinforcement of composite materials. Natural fiber can benefit the composite material because of the characters of fibre which is more environmental friendly, economics, lighter and stronger. There are many natural fibers that can be used as reinforcement of composite materials such as the bark fibers of Hibiscus Tiliaceus. Hibiscus Tiliaceus is one species of Hibiscus Tiliaceus that can be found in the mountains in Indonesia. This study aims to determine the tensile strength of a single fiber in Hibiscus Tiliaceus fiber with the additional various percentage of NaOH in the alkalization treatment. The alkalization treatment analyzes the alkali process of NaOH substance by 3%, 6%, 9%, 12%, and without treatment within the bark of Hibiscus Tiliaceus tree. The treatment was undertaken by soaking the NaOH substance in a duration of 120 minutes. After the NaOH solution was immersed, the bark fiber of Hibiscus Tiliaceus was washed with aquades until the solution reaches a pH of 7. The results of this study show the percentage of NaOH solution in the alkaline immersion process affects the tensile strength of a single fiber on Hibiscus Tiliaceus and the process of NaOH solution which has a release of 6% lignin, cellulose, and semilulose content. In addition, the NaOH treatment with a percentage of 6% can be the standard of the process of alkalizing the bark fiber of Hibiscus Tiliaceus which can be used for composite reinforcement. Therefore, 6% of NaOH can affect the bond between the Hibiscus Tiliaceus fibers as reinforcement and synthetic resins as a matrix which can increase the strength of the composite.

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