Abstract
In this study, jute woven fabrics (1 × 1 plain, twill, zigzag and diamond weave) were manufactured from 100% raw jute yarn. The fabric specimens were treated by 5%, 10%, 15%, 20% and 25% unsaturated polyester resin where styrene monomer used as a solvent and 1% methyl ethyl ketone peroxide (MEKP) was used as initiator. Two bar pressure was applied for complete wetting of the fabric by a Padder and curing was done at 130?C for 10 minutes. The physico-mechanical characteristics of untreated and treated samples were examined and evaluated. It was revealed that moisture content (MC) and water absorbency of the treated specimens were decreased with the increase of resin percentage (%) in the fabrics. MC and water absorbency were maximum decreased up to 50.23% and 60.14% respectively by 25% resin treatment. On the other hand, bending length (BL), flexural rigidity (FR), flexural modulus (FM) and tensile strength (TS) were enhanced with the increase of resin percentage in the fabrics which resulted higher fabric stiffness. The maximum improvement of BL, FR, FM and TS were found to be 6.67%, 56.04%, 10.57% and 18.75% respectively in comparison to untreated sample. Soil degradation tests exhibited that 33.59% TS loss occurred for untreated specimens where only 8.04% loss of TS found for 25% resin treated one. Furthermore, jute based twill, zigzag and diamond fabrics were also treated by 10%, 15%, 20% and 25% resin, then measured their TS and compared with plain fabrics. It was revealed that plain fabrics have superior TS over other fabrics. It was also evident that TS enhanced for all the fabrics after resin treatment and maximum increase found for all the fabrics up to 25% resin treatment.
Highlights
Natural fibers have gained tremendous attention all over the globe in the recent decades due to the environmental concern
It was revealed that moisture content (MC) and water absorbency of the treated specimens were decreased with the increase of resin percentage (%) in the fabrics
Jute fabric was soaked in the solution and the fabric was being padding at two bar pressure by a padder
Summary
Natural fibers have gained tremendous attention all over the globe in the recent decades due to the environmental concern. In comparison to all natural fiber, jute is abundant as well as high staple length fiber and has excellent characteristics for textile applications with high cellulose content. Jute is basically composed of α-cellulose, hemicelluloses, and lignin. Jute fiber has versatile applications in our modern life. Jute geotextiles are going popular worldwide as technical applications. Geotextiles are permeable fabrics which have the capability to separate, filter, reinforce, or drain when used in association with soil [5]. The prime functions of jute geotextiles are separation, filtration and drainage, initial reinforcement, surface soil detachment control, improving vegetation growth or biotechnical support [6]
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