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SISAL
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: In this article , the authors explored the effect of sisal fi bre in lightweight foamed concrete and found that the addition of 0.6% weight fraction gave the optimum results for the durability properties.
Abstract: Lightweight foamed concrete is greatly permeable, and its durability performance reduce with rising in the number of voids. In turn to improve its durability properties, the solid matrix of lightweight foamed concrete can be adjusted by incorporating several plant-based fi bres. The eff ect of sisal fi bre in lightweight foamed concrete was not explored before in the current body of knowledge. Therefore, there is some uncertainty considering the mechanism by which and the extent to which the sisal fi bre may impact lightweight foamed concrete durability properties. Thus, this laboratory study concentrates on distinguishing the potential employment of sisal fi bre into lightweight foamed concrete. This investigation aims to establish the durability performance of lightweight foamed concrete with the presence of sisal fi bre. Densities of 800 and 1600 kg/m 3 were made and assesed. Diff erent weight fractions of sisal fi bre of 0.2%, 0.4%,0.6% and 0.8% were utilized. There were four durability perfomance of lightweight foamed concrete were evaluated such as shrinkage, ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV), porosity and water absorption capacity. The experimental results had indicated that the addition of 0.6% of sisal fi bre gave the optimum results for the durability properties. At 0.6% weight fraction of sisal fi bre, the fi bres reached maximum compaction in the cement matrix, which stemmed in exceptional mix regularity. Further than 0.6% inclusion of sisal fi bre, accumulation and non-regularity scattering of fi bres was detected, which led to reduction in entire parameters assessed.
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TL;DR: In this article, a hybrid composite sisal-glass-epoxy composite is presented, which combines sisal, sisalglass and glass fibers with epoxy as matrix at two different fiber orientation of 0-90° and ±45°.
Abstract: Polymer composites reinforced with natural fibers have been developed in recent years, showing significant potential for various engineering applications due to their inherent sustainability, low cost, light weight and comparable mechanical strength. Sisal is a natural fiber extracted from leaves of Agave Sisalana plants and substituted for natural glass fiber. Six different combinations of specimens were prepared with sisal, sisal-glass and glass fibers with epoxy as matrix at two different fiber orientation of 0-90° and ±45°. Mechanical characterization such as tensile, flexural and impact testing were done to analyze their mechanical strength. It is found that the hybrid composite sisal-glass-epoxy has better and comparable mechanical properties with conventional glass-epoxy composite and thus provides a viable, sustainable alternate polymer composite.
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TL;DR: In this paper , the authors used potato starch as a natural stabilizer for raw soil mortars aiming to obtain 3D printed filaments with adequate fresh and hardened-states properties, which can be used for 3D printing.
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01 Jan 2018TL;DR: In this article, a study has been carried out to investigate effect of SiC nano powder on tensile and impact properties of Multiaxial layers of Flax and Sisal fiber reinforced composites.
Abstract: A study has been carried out to investigate effect of SiC Nano powder on tensile and impact properties of Multiaxial layers of Flax and Sisal fiber reinforced composites and randomly oriented chopped Flax and Sisal fiber reinforced composites. It has been observed that tensile strength and impact strength were improved using 6% of SiC Nanopowder into Multiaxial layer (+45o/-45o, 0o/90o) of Flax and Sisal where as randomly oriented chopped Flax and Sisal fiber reinforced composites are improved in its stiffnes for the same composition of fiber, epoxy and SiC Nano powder. SEM Analysis are done to analyse the distribution of SiC in both Multiaxial layers of Flax and Sisal fiber reinforced composites and randomly oriented chopped Flax and Sisal fiber reinforced composites.
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