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
Lower limb artificial prosthetics are appliances that are employed to substitute the role or form of absent parts as much as possible
The results proved that the mechanical properties enhanced with raising the number of Jute reinforcing layers and at the direction (0o/90o) of fibers concerning tensile load [10]. (Jumna et al.) Suggested lamination (1 bamboo 2 fiber carbon 1 bamboo) and debated it with the currently obtainable lamination (4 Purloin 2 fiber carbon 4 purloin) to obtain physical qualifications, mechanical and fatigue features for the manufacture of above the knee prosthetic socket [11]. (Fidel et al.) Calculated the moisture expansion coefficient of the above-knee prosthetic socket lamination materials
The results suggested that the best-suggested material to be selected is from the suggested group (Two layers of bamboo, one layer of carbon fiber, two layers of bamboo, one carbon fiber, two layers of bamboo with lamina) due to its high mechanical properties [15]. (Wichita et al) investigated the potential to replace the conventional materials with composites of methyl methacrylate polyester resin with water hyacinth fibers as reinforcing materials and to characterize their mechanical behavior to evaluate their suitability for socket prosthesis applications
Summary
Lower limb artificial prosthetics are appliances that are employed to substitute the role or form of absent parts as much as possible. The need to use alternative and accessible materials should be considered when costly materials are not available and high claim for prostheses, as in earthquake or combat and battle districts, biomaterials, holding resins and fibers, derivatives from plants may offer the needed substitute [9]. The need to use alternative and accessible materials should be considered when costly materials are not available and high claim for prostheses, through in earthquake or combat and battle districts, biomaterials, having resins and fibers, were derived from plants may offer the needed substitute [9] The researchers in this field, (Loewi et al.) studied the behavior of natural fibers reinforced composite by altering the number of Jute fiber layers and their angles (±45° & 0°/90°). The goal here is to prove that prosthetic limb sockets can be built from renewable, low-hazard resources minus conceding the strength of these composite materials
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