Aging Effects on Natural Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites

Introduction to aging in Bio-composites.- Effect of water absorption on the tensile, flexural and impact properties of Bio-composites.- Effect of moisture absorption on shear properties of the bio-composites.- Fatigue life prediction of bio-composites subjected to environmental aging.- Aging effects on creep properties of the bio-composites.- Degradation effects and response of completely biodegradable composites to moisture absorption and water aging.- Influence of sea water aging on the physical and mechanical properties of the natural fiber reinforced composites8. Hygrothermal aging and their influence on mechanical properties of the bio-composites.- Degradation effects on the mechanical and thermal properties of the bio-composites due to accelerated weathering.- Effects of natural weathering on aesthetics, thermal and mechanical properties of the bio-composites.- Influence of moisture absorption on the physical and mechanical properties of the natural fiber based hybrid composites.- Performance of natural fiber based nanocomposites under environmental aging conditions.- Influence of moisture absorption on mechanical properties of the bio-composites reinforced with surface modified natural fibers.- Effect of compatibilizer on the aging and degradation mechanism of the natural fiber/ thermoplastic composites.- Recent studies on modelling of the hygrothermal aging in natural fiber reinforced composites.- Suitability of bio-composites for the indoor and outdoor applications.

Chandrasekar Muthukumar, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Chennai, India. He earned a bachelor's degree in Aeronautical engineering from the Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, India. His master's degree is in aerospace engineering from the Nanyang Technological University - TUM Asia, Singapore and his PhD in aerospace engineering is from the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia. His PhD was funded through a research grant from the Ministry of Education, Malaysia. During his association with the UPM, he obtained internal research funding from the university worth 16,000 and 20,000 MYR, respectively. He has 5 years of teaching and academic research experience. His interests include fiber metal laminates (FMLs), natural fibers, biocomposites, additive manufacturing and non-destructive testing. His publications are based on the fabrication and characterization techniques of biocomposites. He has authored and co-authored research publications in SCIE journals, book chapters, and articles in the conference proceedings. He is a peer reviewer for the Journal of Industrial Textiles, Polymer Composites, Materials Research Express, Journal of Natural Fibres, etc.



Senthilkumar Krishnasamy, PhD, is a Research Scientist at the Center of Innovation in Design and Engineering for Manufacturing (CoI-DEM), King Mongkut's University of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand. He earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at Anna University, Chennai, India, in 2005. He earned a master's degree in CAD/CAM at Anna University, Tirunelveli, India, in 2009. He earned a PhD in mechanical engineering at Kalasalingam University, Krishnankoil, Tamilnadu, India in 2016. From 2010 to 2018, Dr. Krishnasamy worked in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education (KARE), India. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Universiti