Prediction of elastic properties of thermoplastic composites with natural fibers

Mohamad Alhijazi; Babak Safaei; Qasim Zeeshan; Samaneh Arman; Mohammed Asmael

doi:10.1080/00405000.2022.2131352

Prediction of elastic properties of thermoplastic composites with natural fibers

Mohamad Alhijazi, Babak Safaei^*, Qasim Zeeshan, Samaneh Arman, Mohammed Asmael

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Abstract

The present work is an investigation on the elastic properties of Luffa as well as Palm natural fiber composites (NFC) in high density polyethylene (HDPE) and polypropylene (PP) matrixes, taking into consideration the effect of the variation of the volume fractions (V_f) of fibers. Moreover, representative volume element (RVE) models with unidirectional and chopped random fiber orientations were utilized for predicting longitudinal, transverse, and shear moduli as well as Poisson’s ratio. Furthermore, rule of mixture (ROM), Halpin-Tsai, Chamis, and Nielsen analytical approaches were used for comparing and validating the finite element analysis (FEA) results. RVE Chopped showed highest accuracy in predicting the elastic properties of luffa and palm-reinforced thermoplastics. RVE unidirectional model findings revealed a significant agreement with analytical results.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1488-1496
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of the Textile Institute
Volume	114
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00405000.2022.2131352
Publication status	Published - 10 Oct 2023
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

finite element analysis
luffa fibers
natural fibers reinforced composites
palm fibers
Representative volume element

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Materials Science (miscellaneous)
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Polymers and Plastics
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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Prediction of elastic properties of thermoplastic composites with natural fibers

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