Investigation on the mechanical behavior of areca sheath fibers/jute fibers/glass fabrics reinforced hybrid composite for light weight applications

Abstract

Hybrid polymeric composites are gaining important consideration with versatile applications due to their good mechanical properties. The present study is an attempt to evaluate the hybridization effects of different laminate stacking sequence involving areca sheath fiber/jute fiber/glass-woven fabric through the study of mechanical properties of four different resulting composites. The fibers were alkali-treated and were used in composites fabrication that was done using the hand lay-up method. This assessment of mechanical properties and study of fractured surfaces indicated a significant improvement in mechanical properties of the composites with jute fiber as intermittent layers, areca sheath fiber as a core layer, and glass fabrics as skin layer reinforced epoxy composites. An attempt to prove the application suitability of “L” frame for flower stand application was fabricated using the best mechanical behavior performer composite, and the ANSYS (deformation) analysis was also performed.

Investigation on thermo-mechanical characteristics of treated/untreated Portunus sanguinolentus shell powder-based jute fabrics reinforced epoxy composites

“…The model developed is considered as a single homogenous mathematical model. So that the 3D model posses the same material property throughout the model [54]. The mesh chosen was tetrahedron which produced 32,881 nodes and 16,174 elements.…”

Hygrothermal chamber aging effect on mechanical behavior and morphology of glass fiber-epoxy-nanoclay composites

“…GFENC specimens are cut from the cured laminate according to Glass Fiber 40 40 40 50 50 50 60 60 60 Epoxy 60 58 56 50 48 46 40 38 36 Nanoclay 0 2 4 0 2 4 0 2 4 the required dimensions. Table 3 represents the weight and weight percentage details of constituents of 50 wt% GFENCs i.e., type 4, 5 and 6 as presented in table 2 [18]. The GFENC's average actual densities of three specimens are measured using a simple method of water immersion and theoretical densities are calculated according to the equation (1).…”

Torrefaction of Coffee Husk Flour for the Development of Injection-Molded Green Composite Pieces of Polylactide with High Sustainability

“…9.7 ± 0.7 PLA/50TCHF 301.1 ± 1.3 341.4 ± 1. 6 10.9 ± 0.8 Table 5 shows the VST and HDT values of the injection-molded pieces of neat PLA and PLA/TCHF, which are important thermomechanical parameters that can be used to estimate their upper useful temperature limit for uses in, for instance, packaging or disposables. VST, which reflects the material's softening by temperature rises, increased progressively from 56.6 °C, for neat PLA, to 59.9 °C, for PLA/50TCH, respectively, following an evolution similar to that found in hardness.…”

“…Valorization of food processing by-products and agricultural waste is acquiring increasing importance due to the high interest in the development of novel sustainable materials as part of the Circular Bioeconomy framework [1,2]. Agro-food wastes, such as flax fibers [3,4], rice husk [5], jute fibers [6,7], almond husk [8,9], walnut husk [10], orange peel [11], coconut fibers [12] or sisal fibers [13], represent examples of recently explored fillers to be incorporated into biopolymer matrices. The resultant green composites can successfully show technological advantages over conventional petroleum derived polymer composites, including cost reduction, lower density, no toxicity, balanced mechanical properties and, more importantly, lower environmental impact [14,15].…”