Mohd Sapuan Salit

Zamir A. Zulkefli

Suraya Mohd Tahir

Y.A. El-Shekeil

Mohamad Ridzwan Ishak

Abdul Aziz Hairuddin

A. Azizan

Khairil Fadzli Abu Bakar

Radhiyah Khalid

Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the International Conference on Advances in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (ICAM2E 2013), November 25-28, 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS). The 131 papers are grouped as follows: Chapter 1: Vehicles Engineering, Chapter 2: Sound and Vibration, Chapter 3: Structural Health Monitoring and Detection, Chapter 4: Applied Thermodynamics and Fluid Engineering, Chapter 5: Applied Materials Science, Chapter 6: Technologies of Materials Processing, Chapter 7: Intelligent Manufacturing, Chapter 8: Industrial Engineering

Advances in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Mohammad Jawaid

Nukman Bin Yusoff

M. Enamul Hoque

Natural fibre composite is an emerging material that has great potential to be used in engineering application. Oil palm, sugar palm, bagasse, coir, banana stem, hemp, jute, sisal, kenaf, roselle, rice husk, betul nut husk and cocoa pod are among the natural fibres reported to be used as reinforcing materials in polymer composites. Natural fibre composites were used in many industries such as automotive, building, furniture, marine and aerospace industries. The advantages of natural fibre composites include low cost, renewable, abundance, light weight, less abrasive and they are suitable to be used in semi or non-structural engineering components. Research on various aspects of natural fibre composites such as characterization, determination of properties and design have been extensively carried out. However, publications that reported on research of manufacture of natural fibre composites are very limited. Specifically, although manufacturing methods of components from natural fibre composites are similar to those of components from conventional fibre composites such as glass, carbon and Kevlar fibres, modification of equipment used for conventional fibre composites may be required. This book fills the gap of knowledge in the field of natural fibre composites for the research community. Among the methods reported that are being used to produce components from natural fibre composites include hand lay-up, compression moulding, filament winding, injection moulding, resin transfer moulding, pultrusion and vacuum bag moulding. This book is also intended to address some research on secondary processing such as machining and laser welding of natural fibre composites. It is hoped that publication of this book will provide the readers new knowledge and understanding on the manufacture of natural fibre composites.

Manufacturing of Natural Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites

Faris M Al,Oqla

Materials Selection for Natural Fiber Composites covers the use of various tools and techniques that can be applied for natural fiber composite selection to expand the sustainable design possibilities and support cleaner production requirements. These techniques include the analytical hierarchy process, knowledge-based system, Java based materials selection system, artificial neural network, Pugh selection method, and the digital logic technique. Information on related topics, such as materials selection and design, natural fiber composites, and materials selection for composites are discussed to provide background information to the main topic. Current developments in selecting the natural fiber composite material system, including the natural fiber composites and their constituents (fibers and polymers) is the main core of the book, with in detailed sections on various technical, environmental and economic issues to enhance both environmental indices and the industrial sustainability theme. Recent developments on the analytical hierarchy process in natural fiber composite materials selection, materials selection for natural fiber composites, and knowledge based system for natural fiber composite materials selection are also discussed. Focuses on materials selection for natural fiber composites Covers potential tools and techniques, such as analytical hierarchy process, knowledge-based systems, Java-based materials selection system, artificial neural network, the Pugh selection method and digital logic technique Contains contributions from leading experts in the field

Materials Selection for Natural Fiber Composites

Mohd Sapuan Salit

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