Increasing concern about global warming and depleting petroleum reserves have made scientists to focus more on the use of natural fibres such as bagasse, coir, sisal, jute etc. This has resulted in creation of more awareness about the use of natural fibres based materials mainly composites. In past decade there has been many efforts to develop composites to replace the petroleum and other non d...

Interlocking Paving Blocks (IPB) are, nowadays, a widely used construction material. As result of the surge in demand for IPBs, alternative materials have been investigated to be IPBs. This study strength and durability characteristics (compressive strength, split tensile density, water absorption, skid resistance, abrasion resistance) IPBs presence (waste materials) crumb rubber (CR) coconut c...

This study explored the use of coir fibers extracted from coconut husks, an agro-waste material that constitutes sanitation and environmental pollution problems, as a reinforcing element in production metakaolin-based geopolymer composites with improved properties. A series sample formulations were produced varying fiber content (0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 percent weight metakaolin powder). The investi...

-In present days, automobile industries are rapidly increased. All the automobile industries are in the process of supplying the vehicles at low cost. The major cost of the automobile components is its body parts. As per the European Union and Asian countries automotive components end life is very important factor in the design of the automotive. So everybody is concentrating on new materials w...

As a type of natural fiber with excellent elongation, coir has been applied in wide range fields. To ensure superb performance, is usually treated alkali before being applied. Previous studies paid little attention to the multiple treatment fiber; however, this study focuses on its influence mechanical properties and conducts multi-objective optimization analysis tensile strength, elastic modul...