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Application of Machine Learning in Determining the Mechanical Properties of Materials
Currently, the challenge in front of researchers is to discover new novel material with superior properties as per the demand of the society with a vast range of applications. With evaluation in material chara...
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Green Methods for Surface Modification of Bast Fibers
The lack of fundamental knowledge in providing an eco-friendly surface modification of bast fibers for enhancing the composite’s properties is still a major challenge in creating next generation composite prod...
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Role of Additive Manufacturing in Biomedical Engineering
Additive manufacturing, which overcomes the drawbacks of traditional manufacturing methods, is rapidly revolutionizing in the field of medical sector. The importance of additive manufacturing in the field of b...
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Advanced Composite in Aerospace Applications: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Perspective
In recent years, a lot of progress has been created on aerospace materials for structural and engineering applications. Composites are made when two or more different materials are combined to create superior ...
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Nanoparticles Addition in Coir‐Basalt‐Innegra Fibers Reinforced Bio-synthetic Epoxy Composites
In the present investigation, the influence of coir micro-particles and titanium carbide (TiC) nanofillers on mechanical characteristics and thermal stability of basalt-Innegra fiber-reinforced bio/synthetic e...
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Effect of coir fiber and inorganic filler hybridization on Innegra fiber-reinforced epoxy polymer composites: physical and mechanical properties
The present investigation compares the results of different fillers in terms of the physical, mechanical, and thermal characteristics of epoxy polymers. These epoxy hybrid composites were produced using a mech...
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Effect of TiC Nanoparticles Reinforcement in Coir Fiber Based Bio/Synthetic Epoxy Hybrid Composites: Mechanical and Thermal Characteristics
The present investigation was performed to study the effect of titanium carbide (TiC) nanoparticles and coir fiber as hybrid reinforcements on the physical, mechanical characteristics, and thermal stability of...
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Characterization of novel natural cellulosic fibers from purple bauhinia for potential reinforcement in polymer composites
The aim of the present work was to extract novel natural cellulosic fibers from the leaves of purple bauhinia trees. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that, the morphological, physical, chem...
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Extraction of Polymeric Bioflocculant from Enterobacter sp. and Adsorptive Kinetic Studies on Industrial Dye Removal Applications
Microbial polymeric flocculants are used as eco-friendly biosorbent materials in industrial dye removal. This study attempts to evaluate the dye adsorption efficiency of a bioflocculant extracted from a soil b...
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Effect of coir fiber and TiC nanoparticles on basalt fiber reinforced epoxy hybrid composites: physico–mechanical characteristics
In the present study, the effect of coir fiber and titanium carbide (TiC) nanoparticles on physico-mechanical and thermal characteristics of basalt fiber reinforced bio/ synthetic epoxy hybrid composites were ...
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Influence of Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) Treatment on Mechanical Properties and Morphological Behaviour of Phoenix sp. Fiber/Epoxy Composites
The purpose of this present research work is to assess the static and dynamic mechanical properties of an eco-friendly natural cellulosic fiber (Phoenix sp.) reinforced epoxy composites. The cellulosic fiber was ...
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Mechanical, Structural, Thermal and Tribological Properties of Nanoclay Based Phenolic Composites
Phenolic resins are brittle at room temperature, hence to obtain suitable properties such as enhanced mechanical, thermal, etc., the phenolic resins are preferred to incorporate with fiber and/or filler. The p...
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Lifecycle Assessment of Thermoplastic and Thermosetting Bamboo Composites
This chapter reports on the lifecycle assessment of the thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers composites reinforced with bamboo fibers. Several research works have reported that the bamboo reinforced polyme...
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Effect of Chemically Treated Bamboo Fiber Reinforcement on the Dielectric Properties of Epoxy Composites
In the present investigation, the bamboo fiber incorporated epoxy-based composites were manufactured with chemically treated and raw bamboo cellulose fibers. The electric modulus, dielectric constant, alternat...
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Applications and Drawbacks of Bamboo Fiber Composites
The plant fiber-reinforced polymer composites have been utilized broadly in various engineering fields in recent times, because of its comparative benefits such as sustainability and recyclability. They have s...
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Mechanical and Acoustic Properties of Alkali-Treated Sansevieria ehrenbergii/Camellia sinensis Fiber–Reinforced Hybrid Epoxy Composites: Incorporation of Glass Fiber Hybridization
The intention behind this research work was to analyse the mechanical as well as acoustic behaviour of Sansevieria ehrenbergii (snake grass) / Camellia sinensis (waste tealeaf) fibers with glass fiber (GF) – rein...
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Alkaline Effect on Characterization of Discarded Waste of Moringa oleifera Fiber as a Potential Eco-friendly Reinforcement for Biocomposites
Environmental friendly nature of natural fiber has magnetized many as the prospective reinforcement in biocomposite. Furthermore, the natural fibers excel in the application of light weight engineering structu...
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Characterization of Alkaline and Silane Treated Fibers of ‘Water Hyacinth Plants’ and Reinforcement of ‘Water Hyacinth Fibers’ with Bioepoxy to Develop Fully Biobased Sustainable Ecofriendly Composites
Currently, bio-thermoplastic polymers are widely used as matrix reinforced with different kinds of natural fibers, because these bio-polymer are biodegradable, eco-friendly and nontoxic. Moreover, the natural ...
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Characterization of discarded fruit waste as substitute for harmful synthetic fiber-reinforced polymer composites
Currently, innovations on eco-friendly, sustainability and energy-efficient technology are focused worldwide. This concept has diverted the attention of researchers to implement new natural products in many in...
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New Lignocellulosic Aristida adscensionis Fibers as Novel Reinforcement for Composite Materials: Extraction, Characterization and Weibull Distribution Analysis
In this research, the Aristida adscensionis fibers (AAFs) were taken out from the plants and its fundamental properties anlayzed for the first time. The AAFs were characterized and compared with other natural fib...
