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Moreinformationaboutthisseriesathttps://link.springer.com/bookseries/16333 · Chandrasekar Muthukumar · Senthilkumar Krishnasamy · Senthil Muthu Kumar Thiagamani Suchart Siengchin Editors Aging Effects on Natural Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites Durability and Life Prediction Editors ChandrasekarMuthukumar SenthilkumarKrishnasamy SchoolofAeronauticalSciences DepartmentofMechanicalEngineering HindustanInstituteofTechnology FrancisXavierEngineeringCollege andScience Tirunelveli,India Chennai,India SuchartSiengchin SenthilMuthuKumarThiagamani MaterialsandProductionEngineering,The DepartmentofMechanicalEngineering SirindhornInternationalThaiGerman KalasalingamAcademyofResearch GraduateSchoolofEngineering(TGGS) andEducation KingMongkut’sUniversityofTechnology Krishnankoil,India NorthBangkok Bangkok,Thailand ISSN2662-1819 ISSN2662-1827 (electronic) CompositesScienceandTechnology ISBN978-981-16-8359-6 ISBN978-981-16-8360-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8360-2 ©TheEditor(s)(ifapplicable)andTheAuthor(s),underexclusivelicensetoSpringerNature SingaporePteLtd.2022 Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.AllrightsaresolelyandexclusivelylicensedbythePublisher,whether thewholeorpartofthematerialisconcerned,specificallytherightsoftranslation,reprinting,reuse ofillustrations,recitation,broadcasting,reproductiononmicrofilmsorinanyotherphysicalway,and transmissionorinformationstorageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilar ordissimilarmethodologynowknownorhereafterdeveloped. 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The registered company address is: 152 Beach Road, #21-01/04 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore Wededicatethisbooktoourbelovedparents Preface Naturalfibershavegainedsignificantattentionintherecentyearsduetotheirattrac- tivefeaturessuchasbio-degradability,lowdensity,abundantavailabilityandlower costcomparedtothesyntheticfibers.However,biocompositesreinforcedwiththe naturalfibersinpolymermatrixaresusceptibletodegradationduringtheirservice lifeintheoutdoorconditionsduetothehumidityandtemperatureprevailinginthe environmentandtheindoorconditions. Factorssuchaswateruptakeandthicknessswellingduetothehydrophilicchar- acteristicofthenaturalfiberandmatrixplasticizationeffectaffecttheperformance ofbiocompositesandlimittheirscopeintheoutdoorapplications.Thisbookcovers thedegradationeffectsandtheperformanceofbiocompositesundervariousaging conditions.Themechanism behindimprovedenvironmental resistanceofbiocom- positesreinforcedwiththesurfacemodifiedfibers,nanofillerandcompatibilizerhas beendiscussed. All the chapters in this book were written by the authors with expertise in the fieldofpolymer-basedBiocompositessubjectedtoenvironmentalagingconditions. Weappreciateandextendoursinceregratitudetothecontributingauthorsfortheir timeandefforts.Thisbookissuitableforresearchers,academicians,professionals, techniciansandseniorundergraduatestudentslookingtoundertakeresearchorgain insightintotheagingstudiesonthepolymer-basedBiocomposites. Chennai,India ChandrasekarMuthukumar Tirunelveli,India SenthilkumarKrishnasamy Krishnankoil,India SenthilMuthuKumarThiagamani Bangkok,Thailand SuchartSiengchin Acknowledgments We appreciate the cooperation and support from the acquisition editor of Springer,Singapore,staffmembersofthepublisherandtypesetterassociatedwiththisproject. vii Contents IntroductiontoAginginBioComposites ............................. 1 G.Anand,N.Santhosh,andS.Vishvanathperumal Influence of Moisture Absorption on Mechanical properties ofBiocompositesreinforcedSurfaceModifiedNaturalFibers .......... 17 M.Ramesh,L.Rajeshkumar,D.Balaji,andV.Bhuvaneswari EffectofWaterAbsorptionontheTensile,Flexural,Fracture ToughnessandImpactPropertiesofBiocomposites ................... 35 JyotishkumarParameswaranpillai, JennyJacob, MidhunDominicC.D., ChandrasekarMuthukumar, SenthilMuthuKumarThiagamani, AswathyJayakumar, SuchartSiengchin,andSabarishRadoor EffectofCompatibilizerontheAgingandDegradationMechanism oftheNaturalFiber-ReinforcedThermoplasticComposites ........... 51 C.Ganesan,M.Chandrasekar,M.S.Nisha,andS.Subha Effects of Hygrothermal Aging on the Mechanical Properties oftheBiocomposites ............................................... 63 AthulJoseph, VinyasMahesh, VishwasMahesh, DineshkumarHarursampath,andM.A.R.Loja DegradationEffectsofCompletelyBiodegradableComposites toMoistureAbsorptionandWaterAging ............................ 85 EmelKuram Hygrothermal Aging and Their Influence on Mechanical PropertiesoftheBio-composites .................................... 115 HosseinEbrahimnezhad-Khaljiri Effects of Natural Weathering on Aesthetics, Thermal andMechanicalPropertiesoftheBio-composites ..................... 137 TarkanAkderya,CemalBilir,andBuketOkutanBaba ix x Contents DegradationEffectsontheMechanicalandThermalProperties oftheBio-CompositesDuetoAcceleratedWeathering ................ 159 JulianaBotelhoMoreira, SuelenGoettemsKuntzler, CleberKlasenerdaSilva, JorgeAlbertoVieiraCosta, andMicheleGrequedeMorais Effects of Natural Weathering on Aesthetics, Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Completely Biodegradable Composites ....................................................... 173 ClementMatthewChan,StevenPratt,andBronwynLaycock Effect of Aging and UV Exposure on Mechanical Properties ofNaturalFiberComposites ........................................ 189 AjitanshuVedrtnam, DheerajGunwant, HarshaVerma, andKishorKalauni Fatigue Life Prediction of Bio-composites Subjected toEnvironmentalAging ............................................ 219 G.Jeevi, R.Karthikeyan, NaliniRanganathan, M.AbdulKader, andSanjayK.Nayak EffectofMoistureAbsorptiononInterfacialShearProperties oftheBio-Composites .............................................. 237 DheerajKumar,RanjanKumarMitra,TrilokChouhan,MdFarrukh, andNadeemFaisal Hygrothermal Aging, Kinetics of Moisture Absorption, DegradationMechanismandTheirInfluenceonPerformance oftheNaturalFibreReinforcedComposites .......................... 257 M.Ramesh,M.TamilSelvan,andK.Niranjana Performance of Natural Fiber Based Nanocomposites Under EnvironmentalAgingConditions ................................... 279 AtanuKumarDas, MdNazrulIslam, AfrozaAkterLiza, andAhsanRajibPromie InfluenceofMoistureAbsorptiononPhysico-ChemicalProperties ofNaturalFiber-BasedHybridComposites .......................... 297 MdSarifSakaeytHosen, MdJaynalAbedin, MdEnamulHoque, andMdZillurRahman Aging Effects on Mechanical Properties of Biocomposites withRecycledPolymers ............................................ 317 Md.SarifSakaeytHosen,MdEnamulHoque,Md.ZillurRahman, andSureshSagadevan InfluenceofSeawaterAgeingonthePhysicalandMechanical PropertiesoftheNaturalFiber-ReinforcedComposites ............... 335 J.JeffersonAndrewandH.N.Dhakal Editors and Contributors AbouttheEditors ChandrasekarMuthukumar,Ph.D.isanAssistantProfessorintheSchoolofAero- nautical Sciences, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Chennai, India. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical engineering from the Kumaraguru CollegeofTechnology,Coimbatore,India.Hismaster’sdegreeisinaerospaceengi- neering from the Nanyang Technological University – TUM Asia, Singapore and his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering is from the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia.HisPh.D.wasfundedthrougharesearchgrantfromtheMinistryofEduca- tion,Malaysia.DuringhisassociationwiththeUPM,heobtainedinternalresearch fundingfromtheuniversityworth16,000and20,000MYR,respectively.Hehas5 yearsofteachingandacademicresearchexperience.Hisinterestsincludefibermetal laminates (FMLs), natural fibers, biocomposites, additive manufacturing and non- destructivetesting.Hispublicationsarebasedonthefabricationandcharacterization techniquesofbiocomposites.Hehasauthoredandco-authoredresearchpublications inSCIEjournals,bookchapters,andarticlesintheconferenceproceedings.Heisa peerreviewerfortheJournalofIndustrialTextiles,PolymerComposites,Materials ResearchExpress,JournalofNaturalFibres,etc. SenthilkumarKrishnasamy,Ph.D.isanAssociateProfessorintheDepartmentof MechanicalEngineeringatFrancisXavierEngineeringCollege,Tirunelveli,Tamil- nadu,India.Heearnedabachelor’sdegreeinmechanicalengineeringatAnnaUniver- sity, Chennai, India, in 2005. He earned a master’s degree in CAD/CAM at Anna University,Tirunelveli,India,in2009.HeearnedaPh.D.inmechanicalengineering atKalasalingamUniversity,Krishnankoil,Tamilnadu,Indiain2016.From2010to 2018, Dr. Krishnasamy worked in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at KalasalingamAcademy ofResearchandEducation (KARE),India.Hecompleted apostdoctoralfellowshipatUniversitiPutraMalaysia,Serdang,Selangor,Malaysia andKingMongkut’sUniversityofTechnologyNorthBangkok(KMUTNB)under the research topics of experimental investigations on mechanical, morphological, xi