A.B.M Supian

Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) | uniten · Institute of Energy Infrastructure

Reversible thermochromic polymers have emerged as compelling candidates in recent years, captivating attention for their application in heat detection systems. This comprehensive review navigates through the multifaceted landscape, intricately exploring both the virtues and hurdles inherent in their integration within these systems. Their innate ca...

In recent decades, non-wood lignocellulosic materials have gained significant attention, particularly in concrete applications for construction purposes. This study delves into utilising non-wood lignocellulosic materials for reinforcing concrete in construction applications. Lignocellulosic material emerges as a promising option for formulating ne...

The coconut fruit is cultivated for fruit in tropical countries, whereas its husk and shell are a potential source of natural fiber,which is mostly disposed of as waste material. There is an increasing trend in research and innovation to replace synthetic fber with natural fber to reduce the environmental carbon footprint. However, using natural fb...

Concrete is the most widely used construction material in the world. It is now possible to construct structures out of concrete because this durable compound that consists of water, aggregate, and Portland cement not only gives us many scopes of design but also has a very high compressive strength at a low cost. This paper deals with alternative ma...

Reinforced concrete slabs can be exposed to explosive and impact loads, prompting extensive research into their behavior under various static and dynamic loading conditions. Researchers have explored numerous techniques to enhance the structural integrity of these slabs when subjected to impact loads, but certain knowledge gaps persist. Particularl...

This paper presents an experimental and numerical investigation of pultruded composite glass fibre-reinforced polymer (pGFRP) cross-arms subjected to flexural creep behaviour to assess their performance and sustainability in composite cross-arm structure applications. The primary objective of this study was to investigate the failure creep behaviou...

Exposure to high temperatures can damage GFRP laminates’ mechanical properties and, as a result, degrade their long-term performance, leading to rupture during their service life. Therefore, this study investigated the flexural-creep behaviour of pultruded glass fibre-reinforced polymer (pGFRP) when subjected to elevated temperatures and utilised t...

This present study investigated the potential of passive flow control to reduce induced drag by using a micro-vortex generator (MVG) at a backward-facing step (BFS) location. A wing-in-ground (WIG) craft is a fast watercraft that resembles a dynamically stabilised ship that can move or glide across the surface of water or land. Therefore, the wing...

Polymers used in thin films or substrates contribute to several environmental issues hence biodegradable materials should be used instead. In order to overcome this issue, the use of sustainable filler and reinforcements are needed to replace the existing synthetic materials. Nevertheless, the lower mechanical properties and higher water absorption...

Concrete is brittle; hence, it is incredibly likely that concrete buildings may fail in both local and global ways under dynamic and impulsive stresses. An extensive review investigation was carried out to examine reinforced concrete (RC) slab behavior under low-velocity impact loading. Significant past research studies that dealt with experimental...

The urban heat island (UHI) effect occurs when cities and towns warm up more than the surrounding rural areas because they have more structures and less vegetation and soil. The issue can be lessened by implementing a pavement solar collector (PSC) system, which converts heat from the pavement’s surface into thermal energy. In this work, the author...

The use of cement is expected to increase over the years as the infrastructure will continue to develop, and the needs to repair or rehabilitate an old and deteriorated building are necessary. However, many investigations have been conducted to establish promising polymer concrete applications in the last few decades. Meanwhile, using concrete in t...

Currently, pultruded glass fibre-reinforced polymer (pGFRP) composites have been extensively applied as cross-arm structures in latticed transmission towers. These materials were chosen for their high strength-to-weight ratio and lightweight characteristics. Nevertheless, several researchers have discovered that several existing composite cross arm...

In this study, the main goal of this study was to understand the effect of carbon nanotube (CNT) additives on the elastic behaviors of textile-based composites. The materials have three phases: carbon fiber fabric, epoxy matrix, and carbon nanotubes. Different weight fractions of CNTs were used (0% as a reference, 0.3%). Mechanical tests were perfo...

The aim of this article was to investigate the effect of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on the buckling behavior of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites. The materials used included three layers: carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP), epoxy and CNTs. A set of mechanical tests, such as compression and buckling tests, was performed, and also analytica...

Nowadays, the environmental impact of plastic waste is crucial, and in the energy industry, fly ash, a type of solid waste, has also prompted severe ecological and safety concerns. In this study, we synthesised composite material from two industrial wastes: recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) as the matrix and fly ash as the filler. The effe...

This research paper focuses on the influence of fibre layering sequence on mechanical and creep properties of kenaf fibre-reinforced unsaturated polyester for structural applications. Kenaf fibre unsaturated polyester composites with 0 °/0 °/0 °, 0 °/+45 °/0 °, 0 °/+45 °/−45 ° and 0 °/90 °/0 ° layering sequence configurations were prepared and anal...

Pultruded glass-fibre reinforced polymer (pGFRP) composites are classified as lightweight material, which exhibit high strength-to-weight ratio for structural usage. This composite material has been applied as cross-arm members in transmission towers due to its ability in thermal and electrical insulation. However, the influence of the stacking seq...

Natural fibre which obtained from lignocellulosic biomass has various advantages especially in product development due to its abundance and ability in mechanical properties. Currently, sugar palm fibre (SPF) has been emerged as promising fibre reinforcement in composite industries to form as high strength and stiffness biocomposites. Currently, num...

“Synthetic and Natural Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites for Advanced Applications” is a recently opened Special Issue (SI) of Materials that focuses on the fundamentals, characterization, and applications of fiber-reinforced polymer composites [...]

In the era of globalisation, decreasing synthetic resources, especially petroleum, have encouraged global communities to apply biomass waste as a substitute material for green technology development. The development of plastic products from lignocellulosic fibre-reinforced composites has been a hot topic among material scientists and engineers due...

Pultruded glass fibre reinforced polymer (pGFRP) composites provide outstanding properties for composite polymer cross arms in power transmission line applications. This study has investigated the effects of various stacking sequences of fibres directions of pGFRP on flexural strength and creep behaviour. The use of static four-point bending flexur...

Nowadays, researchers continue studies for alternative materials to replace the redundant petroleum-based products. The combination of various polymer mixture process mainly from bio-polymer material as a matrix property could reduce the dependence over petroleum-based polymer, thus the dangerous residue waste from the synthetic polymer in the fabr...

New product development review article aims to consolidate the principles and current literature on design for sustainability to seek the field’s future direction. In this point of view, the design for sustainability methods can be established under the idea of sustainability in dimensions of ecology, economy and social pillars. Design for sustaina...

Recent developments within the topic of biomaterials has taken hold of researchers due to the mounting concern of current environmental pollution as well as scarcity resources. Amongst all compatible biomaterials, polycaprolactone (PCL) is deemed to be a great potential biomaterial, especially to the tissue engineering sector, due to its advantages...

This chapter discusses the problem constraint regarding the other oil palm biomass wastes generate after processing the crude oil palm. The palm oil mill affluent (POME) is the most significant water pollution source in oil palm mills. Many efforts have been made to treat the POME and clean the water and in the same time converts it to other valuab...

Infrared (IR) evaporation characteristics of Weak Soda Black Liquor (WSBL) were determined at five different temperatures of 80, 90, 100, 110 and 120oC. The effect of constant temperature on evaporation rate and moisture content (on a dry basis) of 1.5 gm approx. WSBL tests were contemplated and required a careful time frame of IR dissipation to va...

Date palm fibre is considered as an agricultural waste suitable as reinforcement for polymeric composites has received interest as an interior component in the automotive industry. The aim of this work to investigate the physical and mechanical properties of date palm fibre (leaf stalk, tree trunk, fruit stalk and leaf sheath) reinforced epoxy comp...

The composite material in energy absorption tube application have gained a tremendous function as sacrificial structure device in automotive, marine, and aerospace engineering. Due to capabilities of composite material in reinforcement structure, many researchers have explored to tailor the composite material properties to withstand into impact loa...

This research designed to contribute to reduce the environmental impacts through the preparation of composites with recyclable materials to be used in different applications. To this end, composites have been developed based on jute recovered from packaging bags and polypropylene (PP) reclaimed from scraps obtained from the manufacture of PP yarns....

Nowadays, researchers continue studies for alternative materials to replace the redundant petroleum-based products. The combination of various polymer mixture process mainly from bio-polymer material as a matrix property could reduce the dependence over petroleum-based polymer, thus the dangerous residue waste from the synthetic polymer in the fabr...

Intermediate-velocity impact load Kenaf fibre a b s t r a c t This paper presents the results of an experimental investigation of the behaviour and strength of hybrid kenaf/glass fibre-reinforced epoxy tubes subjected to axial intermediate-velocity impact loading. The specimens under axial intermediate-velocity impact involve three filament winding...

This work represents a study to investigate the mechanical properties of longitudinal basalt/woven-glass-fiber-reinforced unsaturated polyester-resin hybrid composites. The hybridization of basalt and glass fiber enhanced the mechanical properties of hybrid composites. The unsaturated polyester resin (UP), basalt (B) and glass fibers (GF) were fabr...

This research was aimed to study the effect winding orientation on the crashworthiness performance of hybrid tube. The specimens tested under quasi-static compression load involve of three winding parameters (θ = 30°, 45° and 70°) of hybrid kenaf/glass fiber reinforced epoxy and glass fiber reinforced epoxy as contrast specimen. The automated filam...

This study investigates the energy absorption response of hybrid kenaf/glass fibre-reinforced epoxy when subjected to an axial quasi-static compression load with the effect of three stacking sequence of hybrid kenaf/glass reinforced epoxy. To characterise and evaluate the physical and mechanical properties, the hybrid composite tube was compared wi...

Sugar palm fiber (SPF) is an agro-waste plant that can be used as potential source of biomass for various biomaterial applications. In this study, sugar palm nanofibrillated cellulose (SPNFC) that was isolated from SPF was used as a nanofiller to reinforce sugar palm starch (SPS) to produce bionanocomposites. To attain SPNFCs, SPF was undergo stron...

The custom of hybridization fibre composite in energy absorption tube application has gained the attention of structural crashworthiness in composite material industry. Thus, the approach of this review is to highlight the hybridization of Natural Fiber (NF) kenaf fiber and Synthetic Fiber (SF) glass fiber reinforced epoxy combined into the automat...

Cross arm of the transmission tower supports the transmission conductor. This paper is a review of previous studies on Glass-Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) cross arm and properties of fibreglass as an outdoor application. Based on the previous study, this paper reveals the durability and degradation of GFRP as performance cross arm in transmission...

This study investigated the energy absorption response of density of comparison of hybrid composite (kenaf/glass fiber) with non-hybrid (kenaf fiber composite and glass fiber composite) composite energy absorption tube under quasi-static compression load. The hexagonal composite tubes were prepared by the automated filament winding technique using...

The custom of hybridization fibre composite in energy absorption tube application has gained the attention of structural crashworthiness in composite material industry. Thus, the approach of this review is to understand the effect in hybridization within metal/synthetic fibre composite, synthetic/synthetic fibre composite and nature/synthetic fibre...

The custom of hybridization fibre composite in energy absorption tube application has gained the attention of structural crashworthiness in composite material industry. Thus, the approach of this review is to understand the effect in hybridization within metal/synthetic fibre composite, synthetic/synthetic fibre composite and nature/synthetic fibre...