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

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.

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Prof. Dr. Jawaid Mohammad is currently working as a distinguished professor in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, College of Engineering, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. He has more than 25 years of experience in teaching, research, and industries. His area of research interests includes hybrid composites, lignocellulosic reinforced/filled polymer composites, advance materials: graphene/nanoclay/fire retardant, modification and treatment of lignocellulosic fibers and solid wood, biopolymers and biopolymers for packaging applications, nanocomposites and nanocellulose fibers, and polymer blends. So far, he has published 100 books, more than 100 book chapters, more than 500 peer-reviewed international journal papers, and several published review papers under top 25 hot articles in science direct during 20132020. He also obtained 6 Patents and 6 Copyrights/Industrial design. H-index and citation in Scopus are 101 and 43525 and in Google scholar, and H-index and citation are 120 and 58132. 40 Ph.D. and 17 Master's students graduated under his supervision in 20142024 in the fields of hybrid composites, green composites, nanocomposites, natural fiber-reinforced composites, nanocellulose, etc. He secured various research grants at university, national, and international levels on polymer composites of around USD 3 Million. He also delivered plenary and invited talks in international conferences related to composites in India, Turkey, Malaysia, Thailand, United Kingdom, France, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, China, Germany, Indonesia, Spain, UAE, Portagal, etc. Besides that, he is also a member of technical committees of several national and international conferences on composites and material science. He is founding Series Editor of Springer Three Book Series. He worked as guest editor of special issues of Several Peer reviewed Journals. Besides that, he is also reviewer of several high-impact international peer-reviewed journals of Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, Saga, ACS, RSC, Frontiers, etc. Dr. Mohammad Jawaid also received Several Award at National and International Level. He is also Winner of Newton-Ungku Omar Coordination Fund: UK-Malaysia Research and Innovation Bridges Competition 2015. He is also Professional membership of ACS, SPE, APA, MySET, etc. He is Fellow and Chartered Scientist of The Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3), UK. He is also Clarivate 1% Highly cited Researcher-2023.

Prof. Mohamed Thariq Hameed Sultan received his PhD from the University of Sheffield (UK). He has 18 years of experience in teaching as well as in research. His research interests include hybrid composites, advanced materials, structural health monitoring, and impact studies. He is a Professional Engineer registered with the Board of Engineers of Malaysia, a Professional Technologist registered with the Malaysian Board of Technologists, and a Charted Engineer registered with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers of the United Kingdom. He is also the current Director of UPM Press. He actively publishes both journal papers and books and has received many awards both locally and internationally.

Naheed Saba completed her PhD in Biocomposites from the Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia. She has published over 20 scientific and engineering articles in advanced composites, as well as one book and 8 book chapters. Dr. Saba's research interests lie in nanocellulosic materials, fire retardant materials, natural fiber reinforced polymer composites, biocomposites, hybrid composites and nanocomposites.

Inhalt

1. Introduction about mechanical and physical testing of composite materials
2. Flexural behavior of textile reinforced polymer composites
3. Mechanical performance of natural fibre based thermoset composites
4. Dimensional stability of natural fibre based hybrid composites
5. Tensile properties of natural and synthetic fibre reinforced polymer composites
6. Low velocity and high velocity impact behavior of natural fibre based hybrid composites
7. Mechanical behavior of carbon/natural fibres based hybrid composites
8. Compressive and fracture toughness of synthetic and natural fibre reinforced polymer composites
9. Tribological properties of composite materials
10. Effect of treatment on water absorption behavior of natural fibre reinforced polymer Composites
11. Impact behavior of natural and synthetic fibre reinforced polymer composites
12. Development of a Bulletproof Vest Using Kenaf Fibre Embedded with X-Ray Films
13. Ballistic impact response of laminated hybrid composite materials
14. Effect of void content on properties of composite materials
15. Investigation of Fatigue strength of Natural/synthetic fibre based composite materials
16. Barrier properties of biocomposites and hybrid composites
17. Mechanical performance of biofibers and the corresponding composites
18. Experimental evaluation of mechanical properties of PA6 polymer composites
19. Experimental investigation of mechanical and physical properties of banana-jute fiber reinforced polymer composites
20. Processing and Mechanical Properties evaluation of epoxy filled E glass fiber-Fly Ash hybrid composites
21. Micro-mechanical analysis of biofibre based composites
22. Monotonic and Fatigue Responses of Fibre Reinforced Metal Laminates
23. Acoustic and Mechanical Properties of Luffa Fiber Reinforced Biocomposites
24. High and Low Velocity Impact on Laminated Hybrid Composite Material
25. Interfacial Properties Evaluation and Methods in Fibre Reinforced Composites
26. Mechanical characterization of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer specimens for aerospace applications
27. Mechanical properties of composites from textiles and 3D printed materials
28. Mechanical and Physical testing of sisal fibre and sisal based hybrid polymer composites