Mechanical and Physical Testing of Biocomposites, Fibre-Reinforced Composites and Hybrid Composites

Mohammad Jawaid, Mohamed Thariq Hameed Sultan, Naheed Saba, Mohamed Thariq

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN:
  9780081022924
• eBook ISBN:
  9780081023006
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Materials Science
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Mechanical and Physical Testing of Biocomposites, Fibre-Reinforced Composites and Hybrid Composites covers key aspects of fracture and failure in natural/synthetic fiber reinforced polymer based composite materials, ranging from crack propagation, to crack growth, and from notch-size effect, to damage-tolerant design. Topics of interest include mechanical properties, such as tensile, flexural, compression, shear, impact, fracture toughness, low and high velocity impact, and anti-ballistic properties of natural fiber, synthetic fibers and hybrid composites materials. It also covers physical properties, such as density, water absorption, thickness swelling, and void content of composite materials fabricated from natural or synthetic materials. Written by leading experts in the field, and covering composite materials developed from different natural fibers and their hybridization with synthetic fibers, the book's chapters provide cutting-edge, up-to-date research on the characterization, analysis and modelling of composite materials. - Contains contributions from leading experts in the field - Discusses recent progress on failure analysis, SHM, durability, life prediction and the modelling of damage in natural fiber-based composite materials - Covers experimental, analytical and numerical analysis - Provides detailed and comprehensive information on mechanical properties, testing methods and modelling techniques

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Dedication
• List of contributors
• About the editors
• 1. An overview of mechanical and physical testing of composite materials
• 2. Flexural behavior of textile-reinforced polymer composites
• 3. Mechanical performance of natural fibers–based thermosetting composites
• 4. Dimensional stability of natural fiber-based and hybrid composites
• 5. Tensile properties of natural and synthetic fiber-reinforced polymer composites
• 6. Mechanical behavior of carbon/natural fiber-based hybrid composites
• 7. Compressive and fracture toughness of natural and synthetic fiber-reinforced polymer
• 8. Effect of treatment on water absorption behavior of natural fiber–reinforced polymer composites
• 9. A newly developed bulletproof vest using kenaf–X-ray film hybrid composites
• 10. Ballistic impact response of laminated hybrid composite materials
• 11. Voids in biocomposites and their hybrids: origin, effect on moisture absorption, and optical analysis
• 12. Investigation into fatigue strength of natural/synthetic fiber-based composite materials
• 13. Barrier properties of biocomposites/hybrid films
• 14. Mechanical performance of biofibers and their corresponding composites
• 15. Processing and evaluation of mechanical properties of epoxy-filled E-glass fiber–fly ash hybrid composites
• 16. Monotonic and fatigue responses of fiber-reinforced metal laminates
• 17. Acoustic and mechanical properties of luffa fiber-reinforced biocomposites
• 18. Evaluation and methods of interfacial properties in fiber-reinforced composites
• 19. Mechanical characterization of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic specimens for aerospace applications
• 20. Mechanical properties of composites from textiles and three-dimensional printed materials
• 21. Mechanical and physical properties of sisal and hybrid sisal fiber-reinforced polymer composites
• Index