NATURAL FIBER TEXTILE COMPOSITE ENGINEERING

What is it about?

The current book is concerned with one of the most important subjects in materials science—how to utilize natural fibers as the enforcement in composite materials that can be substituted for existing metallic and plastic parts as well as help solve the environmental problem presented by the increasing amount of agriculture residual. The book consists of eight chapters describing the nature of natural fibers, their mechanical properties and applications, as well as how to design natural fiber composites, how to choose the suitable material for a design and method of manufacturing, and finally how to test methods on the natural fibers, textile products, matrix and the composite. The first section of the book deals with the application of textile composites in the industry and the natural fiber properties. This section not only provides an understanding of the history of natural fiber composites but also presents analyses of the different properties of natural fibers. The second part explains textile composites, their classification, different composite manufacturing techniques, and the different pretreatment methods for natural fibers to be used in composite formation. Also, it analyzes the composite material design under different types of loading and the mechanism of failure of the natural fiber composite. The effect of the fiber volume fraction of different textile structures is highlighted. The third part is concerned with natural fiber composite manufacturing techniques, agricultural wastes and the methods of their preparation to be used successfully in the composite, either in the form of fibers particles or nanoparticles. The fourth part considers the testing methods of the different composite components as well as the final composite materials, giving the principle of the testing standards, either distractive or nondestructive. This book attempts to fill the gap between the textile engineer and the designer of composites from the natural fibers. One can say that the composites material engineer should have knowledge of textile engineering in order to produce satisfactory composite for a certain application.

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