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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 adapted conventional chemical pulping conditions for the non-wood strands and a slurry vacuum de-watering method for composite preparation followed by air-curing.
Abstract: Fibre reinforced cement-based composites were prepared using kraft pulps from sisal and banana waste and from Eucalyptus grandis pulp mill residues. The study adapted conventional chemical pulping conditions for the non-wood strands and a slurry vacuum de-watering method for composite preparation followed by air-curing. Plain cement paste and Pinus radiata kraft reinforced cement composites were used as reference materials. Mechanical testing showed that optimum performance of the various waste fibre reinforced composites was obtained at a fibre content of around 12% by mass, with flexural strength values of about 20 MPa and fracture toughness values in the range of 1.0–1.5 kJ m−2. Experimental results showed that, of the waste fibres studied, E. grandis is the preferred reinforcement for low-cost fibre-cement.
258 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the experimentally observed tensile properties (tensile strength and modulus) of short sisal fiber-reinforced LDPE with different fibre loading have been compared with the existing theories of reinforcement.
Abstract: The experimentally observed tensile properties (tensile strength and modulus) of short sisal fibre-reinforced LDPE with different fibre loading have been compared with the existing theories of reinforcement The macroscopic behaviour of fibre-filled composites is affected by fibre loading, orientation and length of the fibres in the continuous medium The interfacial adhesion between fibre and matrix also plays a major role in controlling the mechanical properties of the fibre-filled composites In this study, a comparison is made between experimental data and different theoretical models Composite models, such as parallel and series, Hirsch, Cox, Halpin–Tsai, modified Halpin–Tsai and modified Bowyer and Bader, have been tried to fit the experimental data
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TL;DR: In this paper, the development of a simple manufacturing technique for sisal fiber-reinforced polypropylene composites, that minimises fiber degradation and can be used in developing countries, is the main objective of this study.
253 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors performed thermal analysis of cellulose derivatives/starch blends with different sisal short fiber content under dynamic conditions and found that the addition of the sisal fibres has not produced a high effect on the thermal degradation of the composites materials in comparison with the matrix alone.
245 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the tensile and flexural properties of hybrid glass fiber-sisal/jute reinforced epoxy composites and found that the incorporation of sisal fiber with GFRP exhibited superior properties.
240 citations