The desire to mitigate climate change due to greenhouse gas emissions has led to the exploration of plant fibers as alternative materials for various industrial applications, sound absorption inclusive. In this investigation, ...

Bark cloth fabric has been in production in Uganda since the thirteenth century. In a move to preserve its cultural heritage, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) proclaimed in ...

The quest for sound-absorbing materials that are not only environmentally friendly, but also sustainable is the foremost reason for natural fibre-acoustic materials. Bark cloth is a natural non-woven fabric that is ...

There is a global surge in the application of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites in various in- dustries. Polymer reinforced composites are faced with dimensional instability during their service life, the ...