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Rheological Properties of Bast Fibre Composites

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Bast Fibers and Their Composites

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Bast fibre composites offer tremendous properties to material science such as lightweight, sustainability and cost effectiveness. Ramie, Jute, Hemp, and Flax are the major bast fibres which are extracted from the stem of the plant. Rheology is the science which deals with the flow behaviour of the material and plays a major role for the fabrication of bast fibre composite materials. It deals with changing viscosity and non-Newtonian behaviour of the molten polymer sample. Complex viscosity, storage modulus, and loss modulus are the key parameters to be studied in this field. Proper understanding and analysis of rheological properties are very important to develop improved quality bast fibre composites having diverse applications.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur, U.P., India

    Ishwi Varshney & G. L. Devnani

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research, Coimbatore, India

    G. Rajeshkumar

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

    G.L. Devnani

  3. Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India

    Shishir Sinha

  4. Natural Composites Research Group Lab, Department of Materials and Production Engineering, The Sirindhorn International Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering (TGGS), King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB), Bangkok, Thailand

    M.R. Sanjay

  5. Natural Composites Research Group Lab, Department of Materials and Production Engineering, The Sirindhorn International Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering (TGGS), King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB), Bangkok, Thailand

    Suchart Siengchin

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Varshney, I., Devnani, G.L. (2022). Rheological Properties of Bast Fibre Composites. In: Rajeshkumar, G., Devnani, G., Sinha, S., Sanjay, M., Siengchin, S. (eds) Bast Fibers and Their Composites. Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4866-4_10

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