Manufacturing Automotive Components from Sustainable Natural Fiber Composites

Elseify, Lobna A.; Midani, Mohamad; El-Badawy, Ayman; Jawaid, Mohammad

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-83025-0

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“…The use of natural fiber composites can be traced back to ancient Egyptians who made bricks from clay mud and straw. 1 In recent times, the use of natural fibers as reinforcing materials in polymer matrix composites has gained considerable research attention. Especially in the automotive industry, the increased demand for sound insulation qualities and low weight (leading to fuel efficiency) requirements can be met by using natural fibers as alternatives.…”

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“…2 One of the recent developments in natural fibers is the use of flax fibers on a race car body by Tesla. 1 Natural fibers are preferred because bio-based fibers have an additional advantage in that they are ecofriendly and contribute little or no carbon-dioxide emissions to the environment. 3 Natural fibers exhibit a low specific strength, low density, simple processing, and recyclability.…”

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“…Natural fibers such as Jute and Bamboo are widely grown in countries of South East Asia. According to credible resources, such as FAOSTAT, more than 70% of natural jute fibers are produced in South East Asia, 1,4 whereas Europe is the largest producer of flax fibers, where more than 150,000 tons (80% of the world's annual production) of flax fibers are produced annually. 5 Their inherent properties and regional distribution significantly affect their costs.…”

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Development of hybrid green composites by dual natural fibers (jute/bamboo) reinforcement and investigation of their mechanical behavior

Abraha Guangul,

Prabhakar,

Lee

et al. 2024

Polymer Composites

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This study aims to investigate the mechanical properties of natural fiber hybrid composites, specifically those based on jute and bamboo fibers. Jute fibers made in the form of highly scattered mesh and fine‐meshed bamboo mat were selected as reinforcing materials. The highly scattered meshed jute fabric composite showed poor mechanical properties owing to resin agglomeration, leading to the brittle fracture of the composite before elongation. In contrast, the randomly oriented fine‐meshed bamboo fabric performed better in terms of both mechanical properties and strain energy absorption under the same loading conditions. Hybridization with fine bamboo mesh fibers can be a solution to improve the mechanical properties of jute fabric composites. The tensile, flexural, and in‐plane shear properties of the composites are investigated in our study. We found that hybridizing a fine‐meshed bamboo mat with jute fabric resulted in an improved mechanical performance of the composite. Composite panels have been manufactured using vacuum assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM). Experimental and numerical methods have been used to investigate the flexural behavior. Of the stacking sequences considered, the (J/B4/J) stacking showed the highest flexural strength (141.1 Mpa) and the (B2/J2/B2) 2/2 stacking sequence showed the minimum flexural strength. The alternating stacking sequence (B/J/B/J/B/J) exhibited intermediate properties. The randomly oriented bamboo fabric near the neutral axis enhanced the properties of the hybridized composite. This was verified numerically using the ANSYS ACP software.Highlights Mechanical behavior of Hybrid composite of two natural fibers was investigated. Vacuum assisted resin transfer molding was used to manufacture composite panels. Tensile, in plane shear, 3 point flexural tests and SEM micro analysis were done. FEA was used to validate and compare the experimental and numerical results. Resin agglomeration was improved by fibers with better resin impregnation property.

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Development of hybrid green composites by dual natural fibers (jute/bamboo) reinforcement and investigation of their mechanical behavior

Abraha Guangul,

Prabhakar,

Lee

et al. 2024

Polymer Composites

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“…These composites almost replaced use of carbon fiber in interiors and exteriors of the automotive sectors where moderate temperatures are required. 11,12 Although, automotive industries have accepted the use of such natural fibers reinforced composites partially, however, for structural and high temperature application these fibers still do not meet the mandated engineering requirements. 9 Likewise, the construction industries need composites with high performance, high chemical resistance, and high thermal degradation temperatures.…”

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An investigation into performance properties of sustainable polypropylene composites reinforced with basalt fiber and fly ash

Maurya,

Mahadeva,

Manik

et al. 2023

Polymer Composites

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The presented work explores the fabrication and performance analysis of a 10–20 wt% basalt fiber (BF) reinforced styrene‐ethylene‐butylene‐styrene toughened polypropylene (PP) composite. The effect of hybridization of 5 wt% cetrimonium bromide (CTAB) treated submicron particulate fly ash (FA) on various properties of the composites was investigated. The composites containing 5 wt% FA and 20 wt% BF offered the highest tensile and flexural strengths of ~48 and 99 MPa, respectively. Likewise, an impact strength of 1.08 kJ/m2 was possessed by the composite containing 5 wt% FA and 10 wt% BF. Thermomechanical and thermal decomposition analysis depicted a desirable increase in the storage modulus, glass transition temperature and a positive shift in the degradation temperature of all the composites compared to base matrix. The use of PP with naturally available basalt fiber, along with waste fly ash for the composite could be environmental benign and welcomed by industry.

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“…In the past two decades, NFCs have been widely used in the automotive industry [28,29] as a result of which numerous academicians have focused on finding the appropriate NFCs for a given automotive application. Sapuan et al [30] employed AHP technique to select the materials of NFCs for automotive dashboard panels.…”

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Weibull Integrated AHP for The Selection of Natural Fiber Composites Material

2023

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Natural Fibers are one of the important growing markets in the domain of bio-composites' processing, due to an unprecedented increase in environmental and economic challenges. As a result, proper selection of the natural fibers that meet the requirements for environment-friendly bio-composites is an important phase as it can heavily enhance the achievement of low-cost design for better sustainable societies. In general, Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) is considered as a powerful tool that helps designers and decision-makers to accomplish their intended goals. The current research paper extends a material selection model that incorporates Weibull distribution in the Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP). The strength of this model lies in its ability to account the dispersion in material properties objectively and consider a pre-defined quality level at the time of the material selection process. A case study is presented in this study to illustrate the potential and applicability of the proposed method. The results show that the ranking is dynamic and is highly sensitive to the scenarios of six sigma levels. From the analytical outcomes, the study found that NENDRAN BANANA is the most appropriate fiber that can be used in the hybridization process to design a passenger-vehicle center-lever parkingbrake component with a reasonable defect per million opportunities.

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Manufacturing Automotive Components from Sustainable Natural Fiber Composites

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Development of hybrid green composites by dual natural fibers (jute/bamboo) reinforcement and investigation of their mechanical behavior

Development of hybrid green composites by dual natural fibers (jute/bamboo) reinforcement and investigation of their mechanical behavior

An investigation into performance properties of sustainable polypropylene composites reinforced with basalt fiber and fly ash

Weibull Integrated AHP for The Selection of Natural Fiber Composites Material

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