Injection-molded short hemp fiber/glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene hybrid composites—Mechanical, water absorption and thermal properties

By S. Panthapulakkal, M. Sain. 2007

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Subfields: Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Polymers and Plastics

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In Mechanical Engineering

1. M. Sanjay
2. B. Yogesha
3. M. Ramesh
4. G. Arpitha
5. P. Senthamaraikannan
6. M. Jawaid
7. S. Sapuan
8. A. Bledzki

In Mechanics of Materials

1. M. Sanjay
2. P. Senthamaraikannan
3. B. Yogesha
4. M. Ramesh
5. M. Jawaid
6. A. Bledzki
7. O. Faruk
8. H. Fink

In Polymers and Plastics

1. M. Sanjay
2. M. Ramesh
3. M. Jawaid
4. B. Yogesha
5. G. Arpitha
6. P. Senthamaraikannan
7. A. Bledzki
8. O. Faruk

Citations in the corpus

• Biocomposites reinforced with natural fibers: 2000–2010 (2012, background): “Panthapulakkal and Sain investigated the influence of water absorption on the tensile properties of injection molded short hemp fiber/glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene hybrid composites [407].”
• Industrial Hemp Fibers: An Overview (2019, background): “Hence, hybrid composites can provide a high stiffness and strength, improve the impact and fatigue resistance, provide high fracture toughness, and simultaneously cut the weight and/or total cost [66,67].”
• Comparative Evaluation on Properties of Hybrid Glass Fiber- Sisal/Jute Reinforced Epoxy Composites (2013, background): “Panthapulakkal and Sain [15] analyzed the mechanical and thermal properties of hemp/glass fiber-polypropylene (PP) composite materials.”
• Study on Mechanical Properties of Natural - Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer Hybrid Composites: A Review (2015, background): “The reinforcement of hemp fiber with glass fiber hybrid composite material improves the flexural, impact properties and water resistance [31].”
• Hybridization Effect of Sisal/Glass/Epoxy/Filler Based Woven Fabric Reinforced Composites (2017, background): “In addition, they have observed that the addition of glass fiber into hemp–PP composites resulted in improved composites mechanical properties as also increasing the water resistance [19].”
• A review on the characterisation of natural fibres and their composites after alkali treatment and water absorption (2017, background): “formed flexural and impact tests on hemp-/glass fibre-based polypropylene-based composites and found that hybridisation enhances the mechanical properties in comparison to the hemp/PP composites [101].”