Progress report on natural fiber reinforced composites

O Faruk, AK Bledzki, HP Fink… - … Materials and Engineering, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This century has witnessed remarkable achievements in green technology in material
science through the development of natural fiber reinforced composites. The development of …

Chemical, biological, and nanoclay treatments for natural plant fiber-reinforced polymer composites: A review

JJ Kenned, K Sankaranarayanasamy… - Polymers and …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Natural plant fiber-reinforced polymer composites have been in the limelight in the field of
materials science for their mechanical properties, economy, and eco-friendliness. Properties …

Mechanical, thermal and fatigue behaviour of surface-treated novel Caryota urens fibre–reinforced epoxy composite

VR Arun Prakash, JF Xavier, G Ramesh… - Biomass Conversion …, 2022 - Springer
Epoxy biocomposites were prepared using acid-, base-and silane-treated novel Caryota
urens natural fibres (CUFs). The primary aim of this research is to reveal a better surface …

Effect of silane-grafted orange peel biochar and areca fibre on mechanical, thermal conductivity and dielectric properties of epoxy resin composites

H Alshahrani, VRA Prakash - Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2024 - Springer
This research study showed the effectiveness of amino silane-grafted areca fibre and
orange peel biochar particles in the improvement of mechanical, thermal conductivity and …

A brief review on mechanical and thermal properties of banana fiber based hybrid composites

P Sivaranjana, V Arumugaprabu - SN Applied Sciences, 2021 - Springer
The usage of banana natural fibers along with polymer matrix composites had created much
interest among the researchers due to their low cost, easy availability, strength and …

Some natural fibers used in polymer composites and their extraction processes: a review

KP Kumar, ASJ Sekaran - Journal of Reinforced Plastics …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Natural fibers are used as reinforcing materials for more than 2000 years. The need for
natural fibers has been emerged due to its weight saving, cost effective, and environmentally …

Mechanical and water absorption properties of woven jute/banana hybrid composites

N Venkateshwaran, A ElayaPerumal - Fibers and Polymers, 2012 - Springer
This work aims to predict the mechanical properties of woven jute/banana hybrid composite.
Woven fabrics are arranged in three layers of different sequence. Resin used in this work is …

Mechanical and morphological characterizations of epoxy composites reinforced with surface modified woven cotton structures using vacuum bagging technique

MM Owen, EO Achukwu… - The Journal of the …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Woven fabric structures facilitate the mechanical interlacement of textile yarns for increased
strength, which leads to more balanced mechanical properties in a composite. This study …

Application of design of experiment (DoE) for parameters optimization in compression moulding for flax reinforced biocomposites

MIM Kandar, HM Akil - Procedia Chemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
Lately, widespread research on polymer composites that consist of natural fiber as
reinforcement have been widely discussed. In this work, an attempt on optimizing the hot …

Mechanical, thermal and morphological properties of woven kenaf fiber reinforced polylactic acid (PLA) composites

MAM Nor, SM Sapuan, MZM Yusoff, ES Zainudin - Fibers and Polymers, 2022 - Springer
The growing concern over waste disposal issues of petroleum-based products has sparked
the interest in using biodegradable material for composite manufacturing. Natural fibers …