The development of environmental friendly engineering material has received top priority recently. Glass fiber (GF) reinforced polypropylene (PP) composites is one of the most widely used materials in the automotive industry due to its favourable properties. However, the presence of GF has become a major issue in the recycling of GF/PP composites. Considerable efforts have been devoted to find ...

Fiber-reinforced polymer composites have a fast-growing performance in many areas of engineering as replacement for metallic materials due to their low density, cost, specific mechanical characteristics, and lower energy consumption. The efficiency fiber-reinforced at high temperatures is an issue that requires be well investigated before this type composite can used important fields. aim study...

Basalt and its reinforcement fibres are highly corrosion resistant, which extends life lowers production costs while improving shear flexural strength. Despite the fact that previous study has only concentrated on mechanical properties of composite fibres. A brief examination was conducted to better understand reinforced concrete constructions made from basalt their reinforcements. This examine...

In this paper the effect of various chemical treatments on the damping property of jute fiber reinforced green composite is discussed. The surface of the jute fiber was modified by alkali, permanganate, benzoyl chloride, malic anhydride and silane treatments. Several samples of unidirectional composites were prepared with treated jute fibers as well as untreated jute fibers. Matrix used is epox...

Recently, short fiber reinforced composites are widely utilized in many structural parts in automobile, infrastructure and electric equipment applications due to their high specific strength, high specific stiffness, long fatigue life and high impact resistance as well as cost effective capability of production. If these parts are exposed to low-velocity impact, significant damages may develop ...

Glass fiber reinforced polymer composites are one of the most widely used composite materials. The addition of Coal ash to polymer matrix dramatically increases the overall mechanical strength of the composite material as compared to the polymer composite. In view of this, a method is proposed for mixing coal ash powder (size 52-75 μm) into resin and Ash reinforced polymer composites are fabric...

Ozone modification method and air-oxidation were used for the surface treatment of polyacrylonitrile(PAN)-based carbon fiber. The surface characteristics of carbon fibers were characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The interfacial properties of carbon fiber reinforced polyamide 6 (CF/PA6) composites were investigated by means of the single fiber pull-out tests. As a result...

Copyright © Korean Carbon Society http://carbonlett.org Abstract The use of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as a reinforcing material in a polymer matrix has increased in various industries. In this study, the flexural behavior of CNT-modified epoxy/ basalt (CNT/epoxy/basalt) composites is investigated. The effects of CNT modification with silane on the flexural properties of CNT/epoxy/basalt composite...