Al Rashid Ans, Khalid Muhammad Yasir, Imran Ramsha, Ali Umair, Koc Muammer
Division of Sustainable Development (DSD), College of Science & Engineering (CSE), Hammad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Qatar Foundation (QF), Education City, Doha, Qatar.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Management & Technology, Lahore 54782, Pakistan.
Materials (Basel). 2020 Jul 16;13(14):3167. doi: 10.3390/ma13143167.
The sports industry is an ever-growing sector worldwide. With technological advancements in information technologies, the sports industry has merged with the entertainment industry, reaching and influencing billions of people globally. However, to ensure and advance the safety, security, and sustainability of the sports industry, technological innovations are always needed in several manufacturing and materials processes to achieve cost-effectiveness, efficiency, durability, reusability, and recyclability of products used in this industry. For example, 90% of the field hockey equipment produced in the world comes from Sialkot, Pakistan. Most export quality field hockey equipment is currently produced via reinforcement of glass/carbon fibers in epoxy resin. The current study aimed to introduce new materials for field hockey equipment to reduce manufacturing costs and the environmental impact of synthetic materials, without comprising the quality of the final product. Our literature review on natural fibers revealed that they offer excellent and compatible mechanical properties. Based on extensive experimental studies, we concluded that banana fiber reinforced hybrid composites could be an alternative to pure glass fiber reinforced composites, with comparable and even higher load withstanding capabilities. Using banana fiber reinforced hybrid composites for the fabrication of hockey products would cut costs and lower the environmental impact stemming from the uses of biodegradable organic materials. It will also lead to the development of a domestic economy based on domestic resources.
体育产业是全球一个不断发展壮大的领域。随着信息技术的技术进步，体育产业已与娱乐产业融合，在全球范围内影响着数十亿人。然而，为了确保并推动体育产业的安全、安保和可持续性，在多个制造和材料工艺中始终需要技术创新，以实现该行业所用产品的成本效益、效率、耐用性、可重复使用性和可回收性。例如，世界上90%的曲棍球装备产自巴基斯坦锡亚尔科特。目前，大多数出口级别的曲棍球装备是通过在环氧树脂中增强玻璃/碳纤维来生产的。本研究旨在为曲棍球装备引入新材料，以降低制造成本和合成材料对环境的影响，同时不影响最终产品的质量。我们对天然纤维的文献综述表明，它们具有优异且兼容的机械性能。基于广泛的实验研究，我们得出结论，香蕉纤维增强混合复合材料可以替代纯玻璃纤维增强复合材料，其承载能力相当甚至更高。使用香蕉纤维增强混合复合材料制造曲棍球产品将降低成本，并减少因使用可生物降解有机材料而产生的环境影响。这还将推动基于国内资源的国内经济发展。
