Jute, the versatile natural fibre is the second largest natural fibre produced after cotton. Jute being one of the largest foreign exchange earners has a very important role in Indian economy. As far as quality is concerned, jute fibre is usually judged by its suitability for the production of numerous types of yarn and its behaviour in the manufacturing process. The quality however is not unif...

A laboratory experiment was conducted with bean seeds kept in three different containers viz. tin pot, poly bag and jute bag and stored at room temperature and RH for three months in the Laboratory of Agronomy Department, Sher-eBangla Agricultural University to study their storage behavior, germination percentage and quality. The seed of jute bag came to the contact with air and their moisture ...

Enhancing energy efficiency and structural capacity are the main objectives of masonry retrofitting. However, a combined enhancement both aspects is hardly achievable, as they related to relevant geometric physical parameters in somewhat “competitive” fashion. Therefore, focus this research achieve dual positive effect by improving thermal insulation properties behavior composite building mater...

The growing need of eco-friendly product manufacturing led to the development of natural fiber composite to suit various applications in the field of Automobile interior parts, construction and manufacturing. Composite material is a material composed of two or more distinct phases (matrix phase and dispersed phase) and having bulk properties significantly different from those of any of the cons...

Switchgrass (SG) stems with lengths up to 10 cm have been used as reinforcement to make lightweight composites with polypropylene (PP) webs. The long SG stems, with simple cut or split and without chemical treatment, were used directly in the composites. Utilizing SG stems for composites not only increases the values of SG but also provides a green, sustainable and biodegradable material for th...