Effect of human hair fiber reinforcement on shrinkage cracking potential of expansive clay

Basson, Mandeep Singh; Ayothiraman, Ramanathan

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“…Waste human hair fiber was used to form a reinforced polypropylene matrix composite. The minimum cost, crack intensity factor and reduction ratio of composite were attained when using human hair fiber [24]. Various natural and synthetic fiber composite materials have been reviewed and it has been reported that the strength and interfacial bonding are improved by adding more natural fibers with the polymer matrix [25].…”

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The influence of human hair on kenaf and Grewia fiber-based hybrid natural composite material: an experimental study

Boopathi¹,

Balasubramani²,

R³

et al. 2021

Funct. Compos. Struct.

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The demand for natural composite products is continuously increasing to make various industrial and commercial products to protect the environment. In this paper, the Hybrid Plant Fiber composite (HPFC) is produced using 64 wt.% of the resin matrix and 36 wt.% of natural fibers (Kenaf, Grewia, and Human hair) by hand layup moulding method. The influences of natural fiber’s weight on tensile, flexural, and impact strengths were investigated by the simplex lattice method. It was revealed that the percentage of contribution of Kenaf and Human hair fibers is higher on Tensile strength, Flexural, and Impact strengths than Grewia fiber. The optimum weight percentage of fibers: 13.5 wt.% of Kenaf, 15.3 wt. % of Human hair and 7.2 wt.% of Grewia of fibers weights have been used to produce desirable mechanical strengths of HPFC. The mechanical properties of HPFC have been compared to HPFC without Human hair. Tensile, flexural, and impact strength of HPFC is 17.95%, 11.1%, and 19.79% higher than the HPFC without Human hair. The predicted optimum HPFC is recommended to make commercial products for fulfilling consumer demand.

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The influence of human hair on kenaf and Grewia fiber-based hybrid natural composite material: an experimental study

Boopathi¹,

Balasubramani²,

R³

et al. 2021

Funct. Compos. Struct.

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“…Human hair is one of the interesting biological fibers [54][55][56]. Many tons of human hair are wasted in the world annually; so, they lead to an environmental challenge [57].…”

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Syntheses and Fabrication of Sensitive Bioactive Surgical Sutures from Human Hair Based on GO/PVA Composite for Biomedical Application

El-Bouridy,

Said,

Maher

et al. 2024

Egypt. J. Biophys. Biomed. Engng.

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“…According to Gao et al [15], the basalt 􀅫ibre could increase the clay soil's uncon􀅫ined compressive strength (UCS), and the optimum FC and FL values were 0.25 percent and 12 millimeters, respectively. Polypropylene 􀅫ibre beat human hair and coir 􀅫ibres in Basson and Ayothiraman's [21] experiment into the shrinkage cracking characteristics of 􀅫iber-reinforced clay soil. Fibre action changed the morphology and geometry of crack forms.…”

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Reinforcement Effect of Polypropylene Sheet on Soil Strength with Cement

Sajjad¹,

Taj²,

Bukhsh³

et al. 2022

J. ICT des. eng. technol. sci.

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Following thorough soil investigation, the designs for the foundations and other structures are made. The foundations and structures are more reliable and safer when the right soil is used. In this study, cement-coated Polypropylene (PP) sheets were employed to strengthen the soil, enhancing its shear strength and other characteristics. Two (2) soil samples were taken to compare the average outcomes and minimize error. Before using PP sheets for soil reinforcement, various index and strength parameters, such as breaking tensile strength, elastic modulus, and breaking and fusion points, among others, were examined. Properties like liquid and plastic limit, speci􀅮ic gravity, Maximum Dry Density (MDD), and Optimum Moisture Content (OMC) were examined as discussed. Reinforcement of 0%, 0.05%, 0.15%, and 0.25% were applied and tested against shear strength evaluation with the help of a direct shear test. An increase in strength is observed in soil samples 1 and 2, i.e., 1.27, 2.25, 2.27 and 1.28, 1.42, 1.65, and 1.79 in kg/cm 2 , respectively. Similarly, uncon􀅮ined compression strength was observed to increase from 0.0692 MPA to 0.0942 MPA, which is 11.68% and 35.94% increment in soil samples 1 and 2 at 0% and 0.05% reinforcement, respectively.

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Effect of human hair fiber reinforcement on shrinkage cracking potential of expansive clay

Cited by 22 publications

References 44 publications

The influence of human hair on kenaf and Grewia fiber-based hybrid natural composite material: an experimental study

The influence of human hair on kenaf and Grewia fiber-based hybrid natural composite material: an experimental study

Syntheses and Fabrication of Sensitive Bioactive Surgical Sutures from Human Hair Based on GO/PVA Composite for Biomedical Application

Reinforcement Effect of Polypropylene Sheet on Soil Strength with Cement

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