Composite Materials from Natural Resources: Recent Trends and Future Potentials

Saxena, Manoj; Pappu, Asokan; Sharma, Anusha; Haque, Ruhi; Wankhede, Sonal

doi:10.5772/18264

Cited by 66 publications

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“…With reference to research conducted by Omoniyi and Akinyemi (2012) and Yalley and Kwan (2009), it was suggested that small amount of fibre should be used because natural fibre is used as reinforcement in concrete medium in order to reduce the cyclic wetting and drying effect in the environment which would reduce durability of the material and lead to structural failure; therefore the content of 0-4% fibre reinforcement was designed as shown in Table 1. Three blocks were produced in order to obtain an average result for each mix proportion; altogether fifteen…”

Section: Experimental Mixturementioning

confidence: 99%

Prospects of Coir Fibre as Reinforcement in Termite Mound Clay Bricks

Akinyemi

Omoniyi

Adeyemo

2016

Acta Technologica Agriculturae

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The study is to develop an appropriate environmental friendly building material that would be sourced, obtained locally and used for construction of structures at a low cost by using termite mound soil, reinforced with 0%, 1%, 2%, 3%. and 4% coir fibres. Physical and mechanical tests were conducted on the different composition samples after curing. The particle size distribution showed that clay had the largest percentage with a moisture content of 3.53%, specific gravity of 2.0, liquid limit of 30.5% and plastic limit value of 25.4. The compressive strength test showed a decrease with increase in fibre content from 1% upward, modulus of rupture test showed that increase in fibre content leads to a corresponding increase in rupture while the modulus of elasticity test showed that from 3% to 4% fibre content, a decrease in the elasticity occurred. It can be concluded that low fibre inclusion into compressed termite mound brick is feasible if fibre content do not exceed 2% and thus can be used for both load and non-loading bearing structures.

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Section: Experimental Mixturementioning

confidence: 99%

Prospects of Coir Fibre as Reinforcement in Termite Mound Clay Bricks

Akinyemi

Omoniyi

Adeyemo

2016

Acta Technologica Agriculturae

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“…Wu et al [17] found out that natural fiber reinforced composite has shown outstanding mechanical properties compared with those of the glass fiber sheet molding component. Saxena et al [5] listed the tensile and flexural strength of flax and sisal fiber reinforced polyester. Also, references [5,18] discussed the mechanical strength of these materials.…”

Section: Thermal Analysis Using Flir Cameramentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Saxena et al [5] listed the tensile and flexural strength of flax and sisal fiber reinforced polyester. Also, references [5,18] discussed the mechanical strength of these materials. As it is already proven that natural fiber-reinforced composites are very well competitive with glass fiber composites in terms of mechanical strength, the present work is focused on product testing.…”

Section: Thermal Analysis Using Flir Cameramentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Joseph et al [4] used banana/sisal hybrid fiber-reinforced polyester composites that resulted in good tensile and flexural properties. Saxena et al [5] based on many reviews, found that plant fiber is a better replacement for synthetic fiber in terms of cost, density, renewability, and CO 2 emission.Ramesh et al [6] found that sisal/glass fiber composite performs well with the tensile load. Shah et al [7] have proven that flax is a suitable structural replacement for E-glass for small wind turbine blade applications.…”

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Experimental Study on Dynamic and Thermal Behaviour of Chopped Glass, Sisal, and Flax Fiber-Reinforced Gears

Dhanushkodi

Arunagri

2018

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Abstract:Recently, there has been rapid growth in research and innovation in natural fiber composites. The main reasons for the interest on these reinforcements over synthetic fiber reinforcements are their low environmental impact, low cost, and high flexural strength, which supports their potential across a wide range of applications. One of the promising applications of polymeric composite is polymeric gears, used in power and motion transmission work under different loads and speeds. In this work, polymeric spur gears are manufactured with various reinforcements like glass, sisal, and flax fiber in 15% and 20% weight percentage, and the gears are produced by molding process. The performance and wear of the gears are tested using a dynamic testing procedure. The tested gears are analyzed for modifications in tooth profile using scanning electron microscope. The weight loss as well as the thermal capability is studied using a contactless infra-red temperature (FLIR) camera. From the result, it is understood that the natural fiber-reinforced gears can be used for smooth and noiseless operation especially in intermittent applications.

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“…Further, Babu et al [34] studied on the biological based polymers and concluded that it has widely increased the attention due to environmental concerns and the realization that global petroleum resources are finite. Finally, Saxena et al [35] has valued the human hair fiber potential and forecasted its value ability as the most promising ecological fiber in the near future.…”

Section: Ecological Importance Of Human Hairmentioning

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Human Hair: A Biodegradable Composite Fiber–A Review

Verma¹,

Singh²,

Verma³

et al. 2016

Int J Waste Resour

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Biological fibers have recently became eye-catching to researchers, engineers and scientists as an alternative reinforcement for FRP (fiber reinforced polymer) composites, due to their low cost, fairly good mechanical properties and high aspect strength. One of the immaculate biological fibers is the human hair. On the whole, three to four tons of human hair fibers are wasted in India annually; hence they pose an environmental challenge. In order to find commercial application the wasted human hair fibre is nowadays finding its use in the field of material science. Human hair is basically a nano-composite biological fiber with well characterized microstructures. Different techniques and technologies have been employed to study the different characteristics of the human hair to prove it a biological composite fiber. The main component of hair is keratin which is tough, insoluble and incredibly strong. An important aspect is that a single strand of hair can withstand the load of 100-150 grams. Hair is elastic and it is capable of regaining its original position on removal of the deformation load. Therefore, the present review paper reports the current scenario of human hair as biological composite fiber and its application in various fields.

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Composite Materials from Natural Resources: Recent Trends and Future Potentials

Cited by 66 publications

References 67 publications

Prospects of Coir Fibre as Reinforcement in Termite Mound Clay Bricks

Prospects of Coir Fibre as Reinforcement in Termite Mound Clay Bricks

Experimental Study on Dynamic and Thermal Behaviour of Chopped Glass, Sisal, and Flax Fiber-Reinforced Gears

Human Hair: A Biodegradable Composite Fiber–A Review

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