Aging Effects on Natural Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites: Durability and Life Prediction

367 Pages·2022·9.099 MB·English

by  Chandrasekar Muthukumar, Senthilkumar Krishnasamym, Senthil Muthu Kumar Thiagamani, Suchart Siengchin

Composites Science and Technology
Chandrasekar Muthukumar
Senthilkumar Krishnasamy
Senthil Muthu Kumar Thiagamani
Suchart Siengchin   Editors
Aging Effects
on Natural
Fiber-Reinforced
Polymer
Composites
Durability and Life Prediction
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Chandrasekar Muthukumar
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Senthil Muthu Kumar Thiagamani
Suchart Siengchin
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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
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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.
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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
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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,
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