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Synthetic/natural fiber combining action on mechanical performance of polypropylene composite made via compression mould route

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The high strength-to-weight ratio based on advanced polymer hybrid composites is a trend of technological progress. Moreover, these composites are fabricated with natural and synthetic fiber, lacking qualities including moderate tensile strength, lower hardness, and variations in flexural strength, and require additional processing to enrich the adhesive quality using natural fiber. Based on these criteria, the current investigation experiences advanced polymer composite fabrication through hand layup featured with hot compression during the polypropylene (PP) hybrid composite laminate structure formation with the combined action on natural roselle fiber (RF) processed by alkali solution and carbon fiber (CF) under varied stacking sequence. The combined (processing/natural/synthetic/stacking) actions on density, X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, mechanical characteristics such as tensile/flexural strength, and fracture toughness of mono polypropylene and its hybrid composites are experimentally evaluated and compared. With the excellence of combined actions, the hybrid polypropylene composite formed with a PP/RF/CF stacking sequence is better than others. This composite's density, tensile/flexural strength, and fracture toughness are 1.33 ± 0.05 g/cc,128 ± 1/162 ± 2 MPa, and 1.51 ± 0.05 MPam0.5.Its XRD images provide better peaks of fiber dispersion along the polypropylene matrix.

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Abbreviations

ASTM:

American Society for Testing and Materials

CF:

Carbon fiber

IT30:

Impact tester – 300 J capacity

PP:

Polypropylene

RF:

Roselle fiber

UT40:

Universal testing – 40 ton capacity

W1:

Initial weight of composite

W2:

Final weight of composite (immersed to water)

XRD:

X-ray diffraction

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  1. Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Jeppiaar Engineering College, Chennai, 600119, Tamilnadu, India

    Haston Amit Kumar

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, KCG College of Technology, Chennai, 600097, Tamil Nadu, India

    R. Asad Ahmed

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kongunadu College of Engineering and Technology, Trichy, 621215, Tamil Nadu, India

    J. Gunasekaran

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai, 602105, Tamilnadu, India

    R. Venkatesh

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All authors contributed to the study's conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by Haston Amit Kumar, R. Asad Ahmed, J. Gunasekaran, and R. Venkatesh. The first draft of the manuscript was written by [Haston Amit Kumar], and all authors provided language help, writing assistance and proofreading of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Kumar, H.A., Ahmed, R.A., Gunasekaran, J. et al. Synthetic/natural fiber combining action on mechanical performance of polypropylene composite made via compression mould route. J Polym Res 31, 179 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-024-04035-y

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