An AHP-TOPSIS Approach for Optimizing the Mechanical Performance of Natural Fiber-Based Green Composites
- Title
- An AHP-TOPSIS Approach for Optimizing the Mechanical Performance of Natural Fiber-Based Green Composites
- Creator
- Shankar A.N.; Jagota V.; Jamadon N.H.; Raffik R.; Suneetha V.L.; Samori I.A.; Karnan L.
- Description
- Natural fibers have emerged as an effective replacement for synthetic fibers in the fabrication of green composites to be used for producing various components in automotive, aerospace, and other applications. In this proposed study, the mechanical properties of banana and coir fiber-based green composites have been optimized by using a hybrid AHP-TOPSIS approach. Corn starch along with glycerol has been used as the matrix material for fabricating the green composites. The mechanical properties such as tensile strength, flexural strength, and impact strength of the developed green composite have been optimized with a focus on the utilization of this composite in automotive and aerospace applications. Three different weight percentages (0%, 5%, and 10%) of banana and coir fibers was considered for the fabrication of green composites. The constituents of the green composite have been taken as the input variables whereas the mechanical properties of the green composite are considered as the output variables for designing the experiment. The design of the experiment consisted of nine different combinations of input and output variables. Results of the study revealed that 5 wt.% of banana fiber, 10 wt.% of coir fiber, and 85 wt.% of corn starch provide the optimum mechanical performance of the developed green composites. 2022 A. N. Shankar et al.
- Source
- Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, Vol-2022
- Date
- 2022-01-01
- Publisher
- Hindawi Limited
- Coverage
- Shankar A.N., Department of HSE & Civil Engineering, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun, India; Jagota V., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Madanapalle Institute of Technology and Science, Andhra Pradesh, Madanapalle, India; Jamadon N.H., Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, National University of Malaysia, Bangi, 43600, Malaysia; Raffik R., Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore, India; Suneetha V.L., Department of Physics, R. V. R. & J. C. College of Engineering, Andhra Pradesh, Chowdavaram, India; Samori I.A., School of Engineering Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana; Karnan L., Department of Computer Science, CHRIST (Deemed to Be University), Bengaluru, India
- Rights
- All Open Access; Gold Open Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 16878434
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Article
Collection
Citation
Shankar A.N.; Jagota V.; Jamadon N.H.; Raffik R.; Suneetha V.L.; Samori I.A.; Karnan L., “An AHP-TOPSIS Approach for Optimizing the Mechanical Performance of Natural Fiber-Based Green Composites,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 27, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/15305.