Browsing by Subject "Natural fibers"

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    • Banana trunk fiber natural composite 

      Nor Saheila, Ishak (Universiti Malaysia PerlisSchool of Bioprocess Engineering, 2011-04)
      Polylactic acid (PLA), a biodegradable thermoplastic polymer was reinforced with banana fiber (BaF) to produce a biocomposite. The effect of variable fiber composition, mercerization of fiber as well as incorporation of ...

    • Development of coconut fiber with the addition of fly ash for cement panel application in construction 

      Alida, Abdullah; Shamsul Baharin, Jamaludin, Prof. Dr.; Mazlee, Mohd Noor (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)Centre for Graduate Studies, 2010-10-16)
      Natural fibers exist in large quantities and have been classified as waste materials. Coconut fiber is one of them and it is used as addition in fabrication of cement panel. Industrial waste materials such fly ash is ...

    • The effect of sodium hydroxide on properties of coconut shell filled polyester composites 

      Marliza, Mostapha@Zakaria; Salmah, Husseinsyah, Dr. Ir.; Teh, Pei Leng (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)Centre for Graduate Studies, 2010-10-16)
      The treatment of coconut shell (CS) with sodium hydroxide on properties of Polyester/CS composites has been carried out. The results showed that the treatment using sodium hydroxide indicates higher in tensile strength and ...

    • Natural Fiber Filament Wound Composites: A Review 

      Suriyati, Mohamed Ansari; Che Mohd Ruzaidi, Ghazali; Kamarudin, Hussin (EDP Sciences, 2017)
      In recent development, natural fibers have attracted the interest of engineers, researchers, professionals and scientists all over the world as an alternative reinforcement for fiber reinforced polymer composites. This is ...

    • Pretreatment studies and characterization of bio-degradable and 3d-printable filaments from coconut waste 

      Mohammed Hosseini Fouladi; Satesh Narayana Namasivayam; Sekar, Vignesh; Marappan, Priya; Hui, Leng Choo; Thai, Kiat Ong; Walvekar, Rashmi; Charalampos, Baniotopoulos (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2020-05)
      Natural fiber based filaments are economically, and environmentally friendly and they are sustainable which enables them to be applied in the production of novel composite materials. This research aims to produce 3D printed ...

    • Utilizing sugarcane wasted fibers as a sustainable acoustic absorber 

      Azma, Putra; Yasseer, Abdullah; Hady, Efendy; Wan Mohd Faridh (Malaysian Technical Universities Network (MTUN), 2012-11-20)
      The use of synthetic materials as acoustic absorbers is still applied extensively in building industry. These non-biodegradable materials do not only cause pollution to the environment, but their production also contributes ...