Date of Award
2021
Publisher
North Dakota State University
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Awarded
Master of Science (MS)
Program
Mechanical Engineering
Department
Mechanical Engineering
College
Engineering
Faculty Advisor
Wang, Xinnan
Description
Kenaf fiber is increasingly getting the attention of the industries due to its excellent mechanical properties, feasibility, growth rate, and ease of cultivation. On the other hand, cellulose nanofibril is one of the important building blocks of all the bast fibers which significantly contributes to their mechanical properties. However, most of the studies in the literature have estimated the value of axial elastic modulus for fiber-bundles which has some unavoidable issues resulting in incorrect modulus. Moreover, the transverse elastic modulus is another important parameter that also needs to be studied. Hence, to compensate for the gap in the literature, a single unit of both kenaf microfiber and cellulose nanofibril have been subjected to nanomechanical characterization to analyze their surface morphology and determine their elastic modulus in the axial and transverse direction. The experiments also pave to a protocol to characterize micro and nanofibrils nanomechanically and determine their elastic moduli.
Recommended Citation
Parvej, M Subbir, "Atomic Force Microscopy-Based Nanomechanical Characterization of Kenaf Microfiber and Cellulose Nanofibril" (2021). Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics. 3.
https://digitalcommons.ndsu.edu/mech-eng-applied-mechanics/3
Rights
NDSU policy 190.6.2
Rights Link
https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf
Author ORCID Identifier
0000-0003-0906-6148
Handle Identifier
https://hdl.handle.net/10365/32338