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Selection of natural fiber for hybrid kevlar/natural fiber reinforced polymer composites for personal body armor by using analytical hierarchy process


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Arockiam, Naveen Jesu and Jawaid, Mohammad and Zainudin, Edi Syams and Hameed Sultan, Mohamed Thariq and Yahaya, Ridwan (2018) Selection of natural fiber for hybrid kevlar/natural fiber reinforced polymer composites for personal body armor by using analytical hierarchy process. Frontiers in Materials, 5. art. no. 52. pp. 1-13. ISSN ESSN: 2296-8016

Abstract

Kevlar 29 is the most widely used synthetic fiber for body armor applications and they have been derived from petroleum based resources. Depletion of petroleum resources and the increase in awareness about the eco-friendly materials encouraged the researchers to explore the potential use of natural fiber as an alternative for synthetic fibers. Hybridization of natural fiber with synthetic fiber will result in unique properties which is difficult to obtain from the individual fibers. In this research Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used to identify the most suitable natural fiber to be hybridized with Kevlar 29 fiber as a reinforcement in the polymer composites for personal body armor. Fourteen natural fibers and seven criteria's were selected and analyzed for hybridization with respect to the personal body armors design specification. Cocos nucifera sheath which is a naturally woven fiber yields the highest priority vector and it was selected as a most promising natural fiber for hybridization with Kevlar 29 for personal body armor. Eventually, sensitivity analysis was carried out to check the stability of the priority ranking.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2018.00052
Publisher: Frontiers Media
Keywords: Synthetic fiber; Natural fiber; Hybrid composites; Analytical hierarchy process; Personal body armor
Depositing User: Ms. Nida Hidayati Ghazali
Date Deposited: 20 May 2020 08:32
Last Modified: 20 May 2020 08:33
Altmetrics: https://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.3389/fmats.2018.00052
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73850
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