Corrosion and corrosion control

Recent advancement in the natural fiber polymer composites: A comprehensive review

Over the last decade, the progressive application of natural fibres in polymer composites has had a major effect in alleviating environmental impacts. Recently, there is a growing interest in the development of green materials in a woven form by utilising natural fibres from lignocellulosic materials for many applications such as structural, non-structural composites, household utilities, automobile parts, aerospace components, flooring, and ballistic materials. Woven materials are one of the most promising materials for substituting or hybridising with synthetic polymeric materials in the production of natural fibre polymer composites (NFPCs). These woven materials are flexible, able to be tailored to the specific needs and have better mechanical properties due to their weaving structures. Seeing that the potential advantages of woven materials in the fabrication of NFPC, this paper presents a detailed review of studies related to woven materials. A variety of factors that influence the properties of the resultant woven NFRC such as yarn characteristics, fabric properties as well as manufacturing parameters were discussed. Past and current research efforts on the development of woven NFPCs from various polymer matrices including polypropylene, polylactic acid, epoxy and polyester and the properties of the resultant composites were also compiled. Last but not least, the applications, challenges, and prospects in the field also were highlighted.

https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/13/3/471/pdf

A Comprehensive Review on Advanced Sustainable Woven Natural Fibre Polymer Composites

Polymer composites filled with metal derivatives have been widely used in recent years, particularly as flame retardants, due to their superior characteristics, including high thermal behavior, low environmental degradation, and good fire resistance. The hybridization of metal and polymer composites produces various favorable properties, making them ideal materials for various advanced applications. The fire resistance performance of polymer composites can be enhanced by increasing the combustion capability of composite materials through the inclusion of metallic fireproof materials to protect the composites. The final properties of the metal-filled thermoplastic composites depend on several factors, including pore shape and distribution and morphology of metal particles. For example, fire safety equipment uses polyester thermoplastic and antimony sources with halogenated additives. The use of metals as additives in composites has captured the attention of researchers worldwide due to safety concern in consideration of people’s life and public properties. This review establishes the state-of-art flame resistance properties of metals/polymer composites for numerous industrial applications.

https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/13/11/1701/pdf

Polymer Composites Filled with Metal Derivatives: A Review of Flame Retardants.

Increasing scientific interest has occurred concerning the utilization of natural fiber-enhanced hybrid composites that incorporate one or more types of natural enhancement. Annual natural fiber production is estimated to be 1,783,965 × 103 tons/year. Extensive studies have been conducted in the domains of natural/synthetic as well as natural/natural hybrid composites. As synthetic fibers have better rigidity and strength than natural fibers, natural/synthetic hybrid composites have superior qualities via hybridization compared to natural composites in fibers. In general, natural fiber compounds have lower characteristics, limiting the use of natural composites reinforced by fiber. Significant effort was spent in enhancing the mechanical characteristics of this group of materials to increase their strengths and applications, especially via the hybridization process, by manipulating the characteristics of fiber-reinforced composite materials. Current studies concentrate on enhancing the understanding of natural fiber-matrix adhesion, enhancing processing methods, and natural fiber compatibility. The optimal and resilient conceptions have also been addressed due to the inherently more significant variabilities. Moreover, much research has tackled natural fiber reinforced hybrid composite costs. In addition, this review article aims to offer a review of the variables that lead to the mechanical and structural failure of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites, as well as an overview of the details and costings of the composites.

Critical Review of Natural Fiber Reinforced Hybrid Composites: Processing, Properties, Applications and Cost

http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2053-1591/aafb88/pdf

Impact of BaSO4 filler on woven Aloevera/Hemp hybrid composite: Dynamic mechanical analysis

The natural fibre-reinforced polymeric composites attract the manufacturing industries due to their recyclability, cost-effectiveness and eco-friendly nature. The natural hybrid reinforced polymeric (HNRP) composite overcomes the limitations in mechanical properties of the mono-natural fibre-reinforced composites. In this research work, the effect of barium sulphate (
 $$\hbox {BaSO}_{{4}}$$
 ) on the mechanical characterization of HNRP (aloevera/flax/barium sulphate) composites was examined as per ASTM standard. $$\hbox {BaSO}_{{4}}$$
 is preferred as a filler based on the absence of self-motion, high density and high melting point (1580
 $$^{\circ }$$
 C). The thermal stability of the HNRP composite was determined by thermogravimetric analysis (Model: TG/DTA 6200). The water absorption and dynamic mechanical properties of the HNRP composites were estimated. The fractography images were analysed to recognize the fractured surface morphology using a scanning electron microscope. The HNRP5 composite has the maximum tensile strength of 34.72 MPa, predominantly based on the interlocking of the flax fibre and plasticity of the composite improved by the influence of $$\hbox {BaSO}_{{4}}$$
 . The impact strength decreased noticeably with the addition of barium sulphate in the composite. The weight reduction of around 7–9% was observed in the temperature range of 100–200
 $$^{\circ }$$
 C. The mono-composites (HNRP1&2) absorbed, respectively, 4.8 and 3.5% of moisture; with the addition of $$\hbox {BaSO}_{{4}}$$
 , the same combination absorbed 4.2 and 3.2% of water content, which was due to the low water absorption capability of $$\hbox {BaSO}_{4}$$
 . The storage modulus of the HNRP5 composite has maximum magnitude in the glassy region and minimum in the rubber region.

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12034-019-2018-7.pdf

Effect of barium sulphate on mechanical, DMA and thermal behaviour of woven aloevera/flax hybrid composites

Mechanical, DMA and Sound Acoustic behaviour of Flax woven fabric reinforced Epoxy composites

These articles presents an experimental investigation on mechanical, vibration, and wear behavior of (aloevera/flax/hemp/wire mesh/BaSO4) laminated composite. The mechanical characterization was pe...

Vibration and Wear Characteristics of Aloevera/Flax/Hemp Woven Fiber Epoxy Composite Reinforced with Wire Mesh and BaSO4

In the structural applications, the composite material employs a significant contribution in various industrial applications. In this paper, the experimental nonlinear viscoelastic behavior, tensil...

G. Rajamurugan

Papers

Impact of BaSO4 filler on woven Aloevera/Hemp hybrid composite: Dynamic mechanical analysis

Effect of barium sulphate on mechanical, DMA and thermal behaviour of woven aloevera/flax hybrid composites

Mechanical, DMA and Sound Acoustic behaviour of Flax woven fabric reinforced Epoxy composites

Vibration and Wear Characteristics of Aloevera/Flax/Hemp Woven Fiber Epoxy Composite Reinforced with Wire Mesh and BaSO4

Viscoelastic behavior of aloevera/hemp/flax sandwich laminate composite reinforced with BaSO4: Dynamic mechanical analysis