Effect of Different Fiber Reinforcements on Some Properties of Prosthetic Socket

Faheed, Noor K.; Oleiwi, Jawad K.; Hamad, Qahtan A.

doi:10.30684/etj.v39i11.2267

	Effect of Different Fiber Reinforcements on Some Properties of Prosthetic Socket
Engineering and Technology Journal
Article 13, Volume 39, Issue 11, 2021, Pages 1715-1726 PDF (694.49 K)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.30684/etj.v39i11.2267
Authors
Noor K. Faheed^* ; Jawad K. Oleiwi; Qahtan A. Hamad
Materials Engineering Department, University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq, Alsina'a Street, P.O Box 10066 Baghdad, Iraq.
Abstract
In the perspective of environmental advance, significant attentiveness is being displayed in the usage of natural fibers like reinforcement in polymer composites. This paper focuses on building a prosthetic socket arranged from natural fiber-reinforced composite as an effort to substitute material currently accessible in the manufacturing of the socket. The vacuum bagging procedure was adopted to yield a below-knee socket. The laminates encompass woven flax, sisal, cotton, carbon, person, and glass fabric. The impact of diverse fiber layering sequences on some of the physical and mechanical characteristics was assessed. Laminated specimens were characterized by tests such as (hardness, surface roughness, density, water absorption). The results of this study showed that consuming altered forms of reinforcing materials had an abundant influence on the properties of prepared composite and the values of (hardness, surface roughness, and density) properties improved with increasing of the volume fraction of materials and the best composite specimens were three layers of flax with two layers of carbon fiber, were the hardness property ranges 86 MPa and density of (1.276 gm. /cm3) due to their exceptional mechanical properties. The results of the present study advocate that the arrangement of natural and synthetic reinforcements allows the preparation of bio-composites with enhanced performance.
Highlights
It has become a necessity to use alternative materials when costly materials are not available and there is a high demand for prostheses. Biomaterials, having fibers derived from plants, may offer the needed substitute. Altered types and numbers of reinforcing materials had an abundant influence on the properties of the composite prosthetic socket.
Keywords
Natural fiber; flax; Sisal; Cotton; prosthetic; Carbon; glass

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