Structural Health Monitoring of Biocomposites, Fibre-Reinforced Composites and Hybrid Composites. Woodhead Publishing Series in Composites Science and Engineering

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. The effect of fibre loading on flexural strength, thermal and dynamic mechanical properties of banana pineapple leaf fibre (PALF) - woven glass hybrid biocomposite 3. Impact and Acoustic Emission Monitoring for Composite materials 4. Biomass valorization for better aviation environmental impact through bio-composites and aviation bio-fuel 5. Structural health monitoring in aerospace composites 6. DIC as digitised measurement tool to predict fatigue lifecycle of a newly produced CFRP aircraft part with presence of visible defects 7. Recent advances and trends in Structural health monitoring 8. Structural health monitoring of fiber polymer composites 9. Corrosion detection for natural/synthetic/textile fiber polymer composites 10. Applications of impedance spectroscopy for damage monitoring in polymer composites 11. Performance of conventionally trained aircraft composite panel drillers versus Immersive Virtual Reality-Haptic trained drillers 12. Maintenance and monitoring of composites 13. Synthetic / Natural fibre properties of fire designated zone of an aircraft engine A Structural Health Monitoring Approach 14. Aerogel-based Thermally Sprayed Coatings for Aero-Propulsion System: A Feasibility Study based on Structural Health Monitoring Approach 15. Health monitoring of synthetic/natural woven fiber polymer composites 16. X-Ray computed tomography analysis of damage evolution in carbon fibre reinforced laminated composites 17. Profiling of damage detection by using electromagnetic plunger on aircraft composite structure 18. Fracture surface morphologies in understanding of composite structural behavior 19. An overview on role of structural health monitoring in various sectors 20. Fracture surface morphologies in understanding of composite structural behavior

Authors

Mohammad Jawaid Senior Fellow (Professor), Biocomposite Technology Laboratory, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Dr. Mohammad Jawaid is currently working as a Fellow Researcher (Associate Professor), at the Biocomposite Technology Laboratory, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia and has also been a Visiting Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia since June 2013. He is also a Visiting Scholar at TEMAG Labs, Department of Textile Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. Previously he worked as a Visiting Lecturer, at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and also worked as an Expatriate Lecturer under the UNDP project with the Ministry of Education of Ethiopia at Adama University, Ethiopia. He received his Ph.D. from the Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. He has more than 10 years of experience in teaching, research, and with industry. His research interests include Hybrid Reinforced/Filled Polymer Composites, Advance Materials: Graphene/Nanoclay/Fire Retardant, Lignocellulosic Reinforced/Filled Polymer Composites, Modification and Treatment of Lignocellulosic Fibres and Solid Wood, Nano Composites and Nanocellulose fibres, and Polymer blends. So far he has published 5 books, 12 book chapters, and more than 130 International journal papers and 4 Published review papers in the Top 25 hot articles on Science Direct during 2014-2015. He is also the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Malaysian Polymer Journal and Guest Editor for Current Organic Synthesis and Current Analytical Chemistry. He is the reviewer of several high impact ISI journals (44 Journals). Mohamed Thariq Aerospace Manufacturing Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. Mohamed Thariq is a Professional Engineer registered under the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM), and is currently attached to the Universiti Putra Malaysia as Director / Head of Aerospace Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), Faculty of Engineering, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Being a Director / Head of AMRC; he is also an Independent Scientific Advisor to the Aerospace Malaysia Innovation Centre (AMIC) based in Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. He has about 10 years of experience in teaching and research. His area of research includes Hybrid Composites, Advance Materials, Structural Health Monitoring and Impact Studies. He is also the Deputy President of Malaysian Society of Structural Health Monitoring (MSSHM) based in UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Naheed Saba Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Naheed Saba completed her PhD in Biocomposites from the Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia. She has published over 20 scientific and engineering articles in advanced composites, as well as one book and 8 book chapters. Dr. Saba's research interests lie in nanocellulosic materials, fire retardant materials, natural fiber reinforced polymer composites, biocomposites, hybrid composites and nanocomposites.