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Fibers, Volume 11, Issue 9

2023 September - 8 articles

Cover Story: Recycling tire fibers (RTF) is a sustainable solution to the environmental challenge posed by discarded tires. The valorization of these materials as a filler/reinforcement in polymer composites stands out as a highly effective means of waste reduction and resource conservation. However, it has attracted limited attention due to several processing difficulties and the presence of significant amounts of residual ground rubber particles. This study proposes a straightforward method for the separation of rubber particles from the fibers, along with techniques to determine their compositions. Then, the incorporation of cleaned fibers into recycled polyethylene leads to a substantial improvement in the mechanical properties. Thus, we propose further investigating RTF as valuable reinforcements in polymer matrices. View this paper
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Articles (8)

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,071 Views
12 Pages

Solution Blow Spinning to Prepare Preferred Oriented Poly(ethylene oxide) Submicrometric Fibers

  • Javier González-Benito,
  • Miguel A. Lorente,
  • Dania Olmos and
  • Ana Kramar

21 September 2023

In this work, materials with potential biomedical applications constituted by fibrous poly(ethylene oxide), PEO, are prepared by solution blow spinning (SBS). The SBS setup has a cylindrical collector for which the rotational speed and size are varie...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nanofibers: Biomedical Applications)
  • Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,056 Views
17 Pages

Review of Out-of-Plane Strengthening Techniques of Unreinforced Masonry Walls

  • Athanasia K. Thomoglou,
  • P. Jagadesh and
  • Maristella E. Voutetaki

19 September 2023

When a seismic load is applied horizontally or laterally on unreinforced masonry walls (URM), the walls behave in two different ways, viz., in-plane (IP) and out-of-plane (OoP). This review beneficially provides a literature overview of the most cite...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fiber-Reinforced Polymers and Fiber-Reinforced Cement-Based Mortars in Repair/Strengthening Methods of Masonry and Reinforced Concrete Structural Members)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,882 Views
13 Pages

17 September 2023

This article studies the flexural behavior of thin-walled specimens with square hollow sections fabricated using fused deposition modeling (FDM). The specimens were 3D printed from an ABS filament reinforced with aramid fibers. Four wall thicknesses...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fracture Behavior of Fiber-Reinforced Building Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,553 Views
17 Pages

Innovative and Sustainable Composite Material for the Seismic and Energetic Upgrade of Historic Masonry Buildings

  • Dora Pugliese,
  • Valerio Alecci,
  • Rosa Romano,
  • Gianfranco Stipo,
  • Mario De Stefano and
  • Antonio Nanni

14 September 2023

Usually, energy and structural improvements for historic masonry buildings are addressed separately using distinct methods and protocols. This paper covers an integrated assessment of new composite materials to reduce the seismic vulnerability of his...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Use of Fibers in Organic and Inorganic Composite Solutions for Structural Strengthening: Advances, Applications, and Challenges)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,504 Views
31 Pages

8 September 2023

Carbon fibers (CF) and their composites (CC) are one of the world’s most promising and avant-garde high-performance materials, as they combine excellent mechanical characteristics with high weight reduction potential. Polyethylene (PE) is the p...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fibers 10th Anniversary: Past, Present, and Future)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,661 Views
15 Pages

Recycled Tire Fibers Used as Reinforcement for Recycled Polyethylene Composites

  • Hossein Kazemi,
  • Ali Fazli,
  • Jean Philippe Ira and
  • Denis Rodrigue

31 August 2023

This study proposes a simple approach to separate most rubber particles from recycled tire fibers (RTFs) and to determine their rubber content using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)/calcination. Furthermore, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,646 Views
18 Pages

29 August 2023

In this study, the different effects of weave structure on the comfort properties of fabrics and the mechanical properties of fiber-reinforced composites were investigated. Fabrics were developed using one type of material (flax spun yarn) in the war...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,518 Views
10 Pages

Visible to Mid-IR Supercontinuum Generation in Cascaded PCF-Germanate Fiber Using Femtosecond Yb-Fiber Pump

  • Maksim Yu. Koptev,
  • Alexander E. Zaprialov,
  • Alexey F. Kosolapov,
  • Alexander N. Denisov,
  • Maria S. Muravyeva,
  • Sergey L. Semjonov,
  • Sergey V. Muravyev and
  • Arkady V. Kim

24 August 2023

Broadband supercontinuum (SC) fiber sources covering the mid-IR range have many significant applications, largely due to their compactness, reliability, and ease of use. However, most of the existing SC fiber sources cannot boast of either high relia...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fiber Laser Sources II)
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