A review of the tensile and fatigue responses of cellulosic fibre-reinforced polymer composites

Feng, Ng Lin; Malingam, Sivakumar Dhar; Jenal, Ruztamreen; Mustafa, Zaleha; Sivarao, Subramonian

doi:10.1080/15376494.2018.1489086

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“…During the water absorption test, the specimens were taken out from the water and wiped to remove the excessive moisture on the composite surface, and then weighted using an analytical balance at a certain time interval to obtain the mass until the saturation point was reached. The mass difference is required to determine moisture absorption percentage as demonstrated in Equation (1). After that, the moisture absorption percentage was then plotted against the square root of time.…”

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“…In recent year, the increasing interest on the alternative materials with high specific mechanical properties has triggered the exploration of composite materials. Fiber‐reinforced composite materials are especially being widely explored in various applications since the last decades . Beside high specific properties, it has been identified that fiber‐reinforced composites possess high fatigue resistance compared to metallic alloys.…”

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“…Fiberreinforced composite materials are especially being widely explored in various applications since the last decades. [1] Beside high specific properties, it has been identified that fiber-reinforced composites possess high fatigue resistance compared to metallic alloys. Due to the various advantages in composite materials, they have been used in automotive, aerospace, and marine industries.…”

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Mechanical properties and water absorption of kenaf/pineapple leaf fiber‐reinforced polypropylene hybrid composites

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Hybrid composites have shown innumerable benefits to the research communities in terms of environmental friendliness and mechanical properties. This research study presents the mechanical characterization and moisture uptake of kenaf/pineapple leaf fiber‐reinforced polypropylene hybrid composites with several relative fiber ratios. A comparison was also made between nonhybrid and hybrid kenaf/pineapple leaf fiber‐reinforced composites to investigate the hybridization effect. In this work, the composite materials were fabricated via the hot compression technique. Mechanical tests were performed to obtain the tensile, flexural, and Charpy impact properties of nonhybrid and hybrid kenaf/pineapple leaf fiber‐based composites. The water absorption characteristics were then obtained by immersing the composite materials in the water until the saturation point was reached. The findings concluded that the mechanical properties and moisture uptake behaviors of the composites were improved through the hybridization. The hybrid composites with a relative fiber ratio of 25:75 were particularly promising with the improvement of 10.90% in tensile strength; 16.13% in flexural strength; and 6.80% in impact strength in both flatwise and edgewise orientations compared to nonhybrid kenaf‐based composites. Meanwhile, the diffusion coefficient of hybrid composites (25:75) was 56.12% lower than nonhybrid pineapple leaf fiber‐based composites. Thus, the results indeed demonstrated that the balance between mechanical properties and moisture sensitivity can be obtained through the hybridization of kenaf and pineapple leaf fiber in the composite materials.

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“…Recently, the demand for green materials with high specific mechanical properties over existing synthetic fibers in various applications has explored the demand for composite materials. The development of bio‐based green composites from natural resources has become one of the most emerging and interesting research areas for engineers, scientists, and researchers in the field of polymer science 1,2 . Natural fibers that are derived from plants, animals, minerals, or agro‐waste have several advantages such as low cost, lighter weight, easy availability, low carbon emission, lower energy consumption, biodegradability, renewability, and environmentally friendly over synthetic fibers 3–5 .…”

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Accelerated weathering effects on mechanical, thermal and viscoelastic properties of kenaf/pineapple biocomposite laminates for load bearing structural applications

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Saha

Bhowmik

2021

J of Applied Polymer Sci

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Natural fibers are exceptional renewable resources to develop biocomposite materials for reducing the negative effects on the environment and producing economical and lightweight materials for load bearing semi‐structural applications. The present study is an attempt to develop kenaf/pineapple reinforced bio‐epoxy biocomposite and investigates thermo‐mechanical and viscoelastic properties under accelerated weathering conditions. The compression molding technique is used to develop biocomposite with four different arrangements of kenaf/pineapple laminates. To perform accelerated weathering, laminates are exposed to ultraviolet radiation and humidity conditions with extreme temperature in weathering tester machine. The tensile, flexural, impact, thermogravimetric analysis, thermal conductivity, viscoelastic properties, and water absorption tests are performed before and after accelerated weathering. The results revealed that the hybridization of kenaf/pineapple laminates showed better interfacial strength and stiffness while reducing the moisture sensitivity under accelerated weathering conditions. The morphology and fracture behavior of biocomposites are examined with scanning electron microscopy.

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“…The production of plant fibers is a labor-intensive work and requires less cost compared to the production of synthetic fibers, which requires high capital investment [189]. Around the globe, plants (vegetable and fruit plants) are being harvested manually and the plant fibers extracting machines can be easily operated by untrained people.…”

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Biomass derived Fibers as a Substitute to Synthetic Fibers in Polymer Composites

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Ali

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ChemBioEng Reviews

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Advancement in science and technology provides the significant opportunities to utilize the plant fibers (unnoticed materials), which are cheap, abundant, sustainable, and biodegradable. A combination of polymer with the untreated and treated fibers, extracted from lignocellulosic biomass, has been getting significant attention because of their low cost, ecofriendly nature, and enhanced mechanical performance. This article delivers an explicit overview of the plant fibers, extraction and pretreatment of the plant fibers, development of the plant fibers reinforced polymeric composites, and the mechanical properties associated with these biocomposites. A special focus is concentrated on the pretreatment of hydrophilic plant fibers for better compatibility with the polymers, to obtain the enhanced composites having desirable properties. Finally, the effects of several pretreatments on the tensile and water absorption properties of the plant fibers reinforced composites has been included in detail for the better understanding of their practical applications.

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A review of the tensile and fatigue responses of cellulosic fibre-reinforced polymer composites

Cited by 47 publications

References 107 publications

Mechanical properties and water absorption of kenaf/pineapple leaf fiber‐reinforced polypropylene hybrid composites

Mechanical properties and water absorption of kenaf/pineapple leaf fiber‐reinforced polypropylene hybrid composites

Accelerated weathering effects on mechanical, thermal and viscoelastic properties of kenaf/pineapple biocomposite laminates for load bearing structural applications

Biomass derived Fibers as a Substitute to Synthetic Fibers in Polymer Composites

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