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Characterisation and utilization of natural coconut fibres composites

Published Date
August 2009, Vol.30(7):27412744, doi:10.1016/j.matdes.2008.11.002
Short Communication

  • Author 
  • Wang Wei
  • Huang Gu ,
    • School of Textiles, Tianjin Polytechnic University, 63 Chenglin Road, Hedong District, Tianjin 300160, PR China

    Coconut fibre reinforced polyethylene composites: effect of natural waxy surface layer of the fibre on fibre/matrix interfacial bonding and strength of composites

    Published Date
    doi:10.1016/j.compscitech.2004.09.020
    JNC13-AMAC-Strasbourg

  • Author 
  • M. Brahmakumar
  • C. Pavithran ,
  • R.M. Pillai
    • Regional Research laboratory (CSIR), Council of Scientific and Ind. Res., Thiruvananthapuram 695 019, Kerala, India

    A potential natural energy absorption material – Coconut mesocarp: Part A: Experimental investigations on mechanical properties

    Published Date
    September 2016, Vol.115:564573, doi:10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2016.07.017

    Author 
    • Xuan Truong Nguyen a,b,c
    • Shujuan Hou a,b,,
    • Taiqu Liu a,b
    • Xu Han a,b,,
    • aState Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, PR China
    • bCollege of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, PR China
    • cOffice of Science and Technology Administration, Hanoi University of Industry, North Tuliem District, Hanoi, SR Vietnam
    Coconut
  • Mesocarp
  • Energy-absorption
  • Porous material


  • Crashworthiness




  • Nomenclature

    SEA
    specific energy absorption
    Ej
    energy absorption
    F
    compressive force (load)
    l/l0
    compressed length
    mi
    quantity of a single specimen
    F
    compress force
    Fmax
    peak force
    σ
    stress
    ϵ
    strain
    ρ
    density
    µ
    Poisson's ratio
    EEx, EyEz
    Young's modulus
    L
    original length of specimen in the compression direction
    ΔL
    the length variation
    A
    cross-sectional area of the specimen perpendicular to the compression direction
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     Table 1
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    Table 6.

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      Corresponding authors at: College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, PR China.

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