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The influence of structural and chemical parameters on mechanical properties of natural fibers: a statistical exploratory analysis

  • Nasr Bekraoui , Zakaria El Qoubaa EMAIL logo , Hajar Chouiyakh , Mustapha Faqir and Elhachmi Essadiqi
Published/Copyright: March 7, 2022
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Journal of Polymer Engineering
From the journal Journal of Polymer Engineering Volume 42 Issue 5

Abstract

Due to environmental challenges, the demand for natural fibers (NFs) in biocomposites is expanding. Therefore, the study of the mechanical behavior of these natural fibers is increasingly requested. There is more than two thousands species of plant fibers that have been investigated. In this work, a statistical study involving, namely chemical content, mechanical and physical properties is conducted on a set of natural fibers. The relationship between these factors is studied. The Pearson correlation method is applied to investigate the sensitivity between these parameters. For this aim, a selected data set, collected from the literature, has been used. Results show that Young’s modulus exhibits greater correlation with physical and chemical parameters compared to the other mechanical properties. Additionally, the crystallinity index (CI) is a reliable parameter on predicting the mechanical behavior of natural fibers. Moreover, although the MFA° and diameter are important parameters for NFs modeling purpose, the experimental measurement of these two quantities is a source of unbiased interpretation that partially explains the large variation of the mechanical properties, reported in the literature.

Keywords: chemical content; correlation; mechanical properties; natural fibers; physical properties
Corresponding author: Zakaria El Qoubaa, School of Aerospace and Automotive Engineering, Université Internationale de Rabat (UIR), LERMA Lab, Technopolis Rabat-Shore, Rocade Rabat-Salé, Rabat 11103, Sale, 11100, Morocco, E-mail:

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Université Internationale de Rabat (UIR) for the opportunity to conduct this study.

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Received: 2021-08-16
Accepted: 2022-01-06
Published Online: 2022-03-07
Published in Print: 2022-05-25

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https://doi.org/10.1515/polyeng-2021-0241
Keywords for this article
chemical content; correlation; mechanical properties; natural fibers; physical properties

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