TY - GEN
T1 - Mechanical Characterization of Biopolymer Reinforced with Hybrid Natural Fibre Polymer Composite
AU - Senthilkumar, N.
AU - Deepanraj, B.
AU - Shaik, Feroz
AU - Akinlabi, Esther T.
PY - 2025/1/11
Y1 - 2025/1/11
N2 - Usage of polymeric materials with a sense of environmental sustainability is the objective of present research universally. Recycling/biodegradability are essential during the development of novel lightweight materials for engineering applications that lower carbon footprints. This current research highlights the development of a biodegradable polymer composite reinforced with hybrid natural fibres for improved mechanical strength. Biopolymer polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) is considered as the matrix, which is reinforced with 10 wt% of banana fibre and varying proportions of coconut fibre (0, 5, 10, and 15 wt%) and the hybrid natural biopolymer composite (HNBPC) is fabricated using compression moulding method. The fabricated HNBPCs are characterized for their mechanical strength viz., tensile, flexural, impact, shore D hardness and compression strength as per ASTM standards. Observation shows that the hybrid reinforcements properly enhanced the mechanical strength and the fracture resistance until 10 wt% addition of coconut fibre, after which debonding of fibres results in decreased strength and stiffness.
AB - Usage of polymeric materials with a sense of environmental sustainability is the objective of present research universally. Recycling/biodegradability are essential during the development of novel lightweight materials for engineering applications that lower carbon footprints. This current research highlights the development of a biodegradable polymer composite reinforced with hybrid natural fibres for improved mechanical strength. Biopolymer polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) is considered as the matrix, which is reinforced with 10 wt% of banana fibre and varying proportions of coconut fibre (0, 5, 10, and 15 wt%) and the hybrid natural biopolymer composite (HNBPC) is fabricated using compression moulding method. The fabricated HNBPCs are characterized for their mechanical strength viz., tensile, flexural, impact, shore D hardness and compression strength as per ASTM standards. Observation shows that the hybrid reinforcements properly enhanced the mechanical strength and the fracture resistance until 10 wt% addition of coconut fibre, after which debonding of fibres results in decreased strength and stiffness.
KW - Banana fibre
KW - Biodegradability
KW - Biopolymer
KW - Coconut fibre
KW - Compression moulding
KW - Orowan strengthening
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85218038178
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-73816-6_39
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-73816-6_39
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85218038178
SN - 9783031738159
SN - 9783031738180
T3 - Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation
SP - 345
EP - 351
BT - Innovations in Electronic Materials
A2 - K N, Subramanya
A2 - Wee, Hui-Ming
A2 - Oliveira, Mario Orlando
PB - Springer
T2 - 2nd International Conference on Emerging Applications of Material Science and Technology, ICEAMST 2024
Y2 - 3 July 2024 through 4 July 2024
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