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About: SISAL is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1878 publications have been published within this topic receiving 55528 citations.


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TL;DR: Sisal fibers are reported to have outstanding textile properties including high strength, absorbency, good dye uptake, exceptional durability and abundant availability suggesting their potential in textiles as discussed by the authors, and they have high strength and absorbency.
Abstract: Sisal fibers are reported to have outstanding textile properties including high strength, absorbency, good dye uptake, exceptional durability and abundant availability suggesting their potential in...

3 citations

Patent
03 Dec 2014
TL;DR: In this paper, a sisal-hemp car foot mat consisting of a surface layer, a middle layer and a bottom layer is presented, where the surface layer is arranged as sisal hemp fiber cloth layer, the dacron punched felt is arranged on the middle layer, and the rubber layer is used as the bottom layer.
Abstract: The invention discloses a sisal hemp car foot mat which comprises a surface layer, a middle layer and a bottom layer, wherein the surface layer is arranged as a sisal hemp fiber cloth layer; a dacron punched felt is arranged on the middle layer; a rubber layer is arranged as the bottom layer. The sisal hemp car foot mat has the advantages that the sisal hemp fiber cloth layer is arranged on the surface and has the advantages of damp-poof property, anti-skidding property, anti-static property, wear resistance, easiness in cleaning, high cost performance, and the like; the dacron punched felt is arranged on the middle layer, the dacron punched felt is excellent in air permeability, strong in warm-keeping property, soft and low in cost, and the production cost of the car foot mat is reduced to a certain degree; the rubber layer is arranged as the bottom layer and is used for preventing skidding. The production method for the sisal hemp car foot mat provided by the invention has the advantages that the sisal hemp car foot mat which is unlikely to hide germs, stain, fade and deform and easy to clean can be produced, and meanwhile, the sisal hemp fiber cloth layer, the dacron punched felt and the rubber layer in the sisal hemp car foot mat are unlikely to fall off, and the surface of the rubber layer is smooth and odorless.

3 citations

01 Jan 2012
TL;DR: The results indicated that, sisal waste fractions supplemented with cow dung manure attributes on increasing yield and productivity of Coprinus cinereus.
Abstract: This study aimed at evaluating the suitability of sisal waste fractions (viz. sisal boles and sisal leaf decortication residues, alone or in combination) supplemented with cow dung manure at various rates for Coprinus cinereus cultivation. The periods for spawn running (mycelium development), pinhead and fruit body formation, number of flushes, yield, biological efficiency, mushroom size and loss in organic matter were studied. There was increment of between 51-299% of mushroom yield after supplementation with cow dung manure compared to the unsupplemented control. A substrate combination of 25% sisal leaves + 75% sisal boles supplemented by 20% cow dung manure gave the highest in both mushroom yield (192.60 g) and percentage biological efficiency (B.E; 64%). Least yield (23.31 g) and low B.E (7.3%) were revealed from non-supplemented substrate combination of 75% sisal leaves + 25% sisal boles. The mycelium growth was totally colonized the sisal bole substrates (supplemented and non-supplemented) but no mushroom fruit bodies were formed. The results indicated that, sisal waste fractions supplemented with cow dung manure attributes on increasing yield and productivity of Coprinus cinereus. A further study on the mushroom cultivation using only sisal bole substrates is however suggested. © 2011 Universal Research Publications. All rights reserved

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15 May 2022-Fibers
TL;DR: In this article , the authors investigated the effective elastic properties and strength of materials composed of unidirectional sisal fibers within a thermosetting polymer matrix, containing 20, 40% and 60% fiber-volume fraction.
Abstract: Natural-fiber-reinforced composites are seen as a good alternative to traditional synthetic-fiber composites. However, to successfully implement these materials in engineering applications, along with these materials demonstrating satisfactory load-bearing capacity, it is necessary to provide engineers with effective material properties, as well as calculation methods that take into account the distinctive features of natural fibers. This study investigated the effective elastic properties and strength of materials composed of unidirectional sisal fibers within a thermosetting polymer matrix, containing 20%, 40% and 60% fiber-volume fraction. Experiments with axial and off-axis loads in conjunction with finite-element modeling were utilized to determine the effective mechanical response of the composites. Analytical and numerical models were considered, using both isotropic- and anisotropic-fiber approaches. It is shown that only by taking into account the sisal-fiber anisotropy can the experimental results of the off-axis experiments be reproduced. The influence of sisal-fiber transverse modulus on the overall mechanical response is a function of the sisal-fiber volume fraction. It has been shown that the longitudinal specific strength of sisal-fiber-reinforced composites is comparable to classical aluminum alloys or steel. Thus, this environmentally friendly composite can be considered as an alternative in some engineering applications, such as reinforcement in concrete composites.

3 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
2023130
2022268
2021157
2020127
2019145
2018141