Investigation on the effect of interlaced yarn structures on bending properties of textile reinforced cement composite with cold plasma treated polypropylene fabric

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of yarn intermingling parameters on the bending properties of cement-based composites reinforced with polypropylene fabric treated under cold plasma. In this research, FDY (Fully drawn yarn) polypropylene yarn by three types of Heberlein intermingle jet inserts (P212, P412, S16), was subjected to entanglement process. Then, meshes were woven in plain weave design. The meshes were subjected to cold plasma jet treatment with argon and nitrogen at different exposure time. The fabric surface roughness was studied by friction test. Reinforced cement composite beams were made which after 28 days of storage in water, were subjected to 4-point bending test. The results show that the jet insert change with changing the degree of entanglement affects the toughness and bending properties. The max toughness is related to the plasma untreated fabric reinforced cement composite containing raw yarn (FDY) which is equal to 2388.875 (N.mm). Also, the max bending force is related to the fabric-reinforced sample consisting of interlaced yarn by P412 jet insert and plasma untreated fabric (1249.567 (N)).

Keywords:

• Cement composite
• intermingling
• cold plasma
• toughness
• bending

Declarations

This article has not been funded by any organization or company and has been extracted from our PhD student’s Thesis.

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The materials used in this study are fully available and the data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, [author initials], upon reasonable request.

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The software used in this study is SPSS and is available all over the world.

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.