Mechanical performance investigation of lignocellulosic coconut and pomegranate / LDPE biocomposite green materials

Biocomposites have been implemented in various industrial applications. However, it is necessary to demonstrate their desired mechanical performance aspects for the near future green products. The aim of this work is to study the efficiency of utilizing both coconut and pomegranate lignocellulosic f...

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Autores principales: BaniHani Suleiman, AL-Oqla Faris M., Mutawe Samer
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:681623e3458a4a6f913f34f768a5ad362021-12-05T14:10:52ZMechanical performance investigation of lignocellulosic coconut and pomegranate / LDPE biocomposite green materials0334-89382191-024310.1515/jmbm-2021-0026https://doaj.org/article/681623e3458a4a6f913f34f768a5ad362021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1515/jmbm-2021-0026https://doaj.org/toc/0334-8938https://doaj.org/toc/2191-0243Biocomposites have been implemented in various industrial applications. However, it is necessary to demonstrate their desired mechanical performance aspects for the near future green products. The aim of this work is to study the efficiency of utilizing both coconut and pomegranate lignocellulosic fiber as green reinforcement types for the low-density polyethylene, LDPE. Desired mechanical performance trends are investigated for the green composites including the tensile strength, tensile modulus, and elongation to break properties as a function of various reinforcement configurations. This was performed to properly optimize the reinforcement conditions to obtain desirable mechanical characteristics of such types of bio-composites for more sustainable functional attributes. Results have demonstrated that the best tensile strength for the coconut/PE was achieved at 20wt.% case with 8.2 MPa, and the best regarding this property for the pomegranate/PE was at 30wt.% with a value close to 8.3 MPa. Moreover, obvious inverse relationship between strength and strain for the coconut composite type was revealed at both low and high fiber contents. It was also noticed that the 20wt.% coconut-based composite has demonstrated the best optimal values of tensile strength and tensile modulus simultaneously. But no reinforcement condition was found for pomegranate/LDPE as an optimal for these mechanical properties concurrently.BaniHani SuleimanAL-Oqla Faris M.Mutawe SamerDe Gruyterarticlebiocompositeslignocellulosic fibersbio-productssustainable materialsmechanical performanceMechanical engineering and machineryTJ1-1570ENJournal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Vol 30, Iss 1, Pp 249-256 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic biocomposites
lignocellulosic fibers
bio-products
sustainable materials
mechanical performance
Mechanical engineering and machinery
TJ1-1570
spellingShingle biocomposites
lignocellulosic fibers
bio-products
sustainable materials
mechanical performance
Mechanical engineering and machinery
TJ1-1570
BaniHani Suleiman
AL-Oqla Faris M.
Mutawe Samer
Mechanical performance investigation of lignocellulosic coconut and pomegranate / LDPE biocomposite green materials
description Biocomposites have been implemented in various industrial applications. However, it is necessary to demonstrate their desired mechanical performance aspects for the near future green products. The aim of this work is to study the efficiency of utilizing both coconut and pomegranate lignocellulosic fiber as green reinforcement types for the low-density polyethylene, LDPE. Desired mechanical performance trends are investigated for the green composites including the tensile strength, tensile modulus, and elongation to break properties as a function of various reinforcement configurations. This was performed to properly optimize the reinforcement conditions to obtain desirable mechanical characteristics of such types of bio-composites for more sustainable functional attributes. Results have demonstrated that the best tensile strength for the coconut/PE was achieved at 20wt.% case with 8.2 MPa, and the best regarding this property for the pomegranate/PE was at 30wt.% with a value close to 8.3 MPa. Moreover, obvious inverse relationship between strength and strain for the coconut composite type was revealed at both low and high fiber contents. It was also noticed that the 20wt.% coconut-based composite has demonstrated the best optimal values of tensile strength and tensile modulus simultaneously. But no reinforcement condition was found for pomegranate/LDPE as an optimal for these mechanical properties concurrently.
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author BaniHani Suleiman
AL-Oqla Faris M.
Mutawe Samer
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Mutawe Samer
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title Mechanical performance investigation of lignocellulosic coconut and pomegranate / LDPE biocomposite green materials
title_short Mechanical performance investigation of lignocellulosic coconut and pomegranate / LDPE biocomposite green materials
title_full Mechanical performance investigation of lignocellulosic coconut and pomegranate / LDPE biocomposite green materials
title_fullStr Mechanical performance investigation of lignocellulosic coconut and pomegranate / LDPE biocomposite green materials
title_full_unstemmed Mechanical performance investigation of lignocellulosic coconut and pomegranate / LDPE biocomposite green materials
title_sort mechanical performance investigation of lignocellulosic coconut and pomegranate / ldpe biocomposite green materials
publisher De Gruyter
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/681623e3458a4a6f913f34f768a5ad36
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