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Item Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Sisal Fiber-Based Composites(wiley, 2021) Mishra, V.; Agrawal, A.; Chandraker, S.; Sharma, A.Natural fibers have attracted the scientific community toward their usage as reinforcement in polymeric composites mainly because of multiple benefits such as low cost, huge/easy availability, easy processing, and growing concern toward environmental awareness as they are biodegradable. Reinforcing natural fibers is an efficient approach toward reducing the consumption of nonbiodegradable plastic material. Also, natural fibers are promising reinforcing materials that can replace different synthetic fibers. Among the various natural fibers available, sisal fiber as reinforcement in a polymeric matrix is a strong competitor. Sisal fiber has several advantages like they are the widely used natural fiber and has the second-largest consumption across the world after cotton. It has high strength with good durability. It also has a good percentage of elongation before the break and does not deteriorate quickly in salty water. These fibers are smooth and straight with a high degree of inflexibility. Sisal represents around 2% of the total cultivation among plant fibers. In this regard, the present chapter focuses on sisal fiber as reinforcement with different polymeric matrices. The main emphasis is on the mechanical and thermal behavior of composite understudy and applications of this category of composites in various fields. A review of selected work on the research of sisal fiber with polymer matrix is the content of this chapter. © 2022 WILEY-VCH GmbH, Boschstr. 12, 69469 Weinheim, Germany.Item Optimization of resources by real-time correlation study for maximizing the productivity(Springer, 2019) Agrawal, A.; Das, B.B.; Malik, S.K.Time and cost are two of the most important factors to consider in each construction project. In order to maximize performance, both the client and the contractor will work to optimize both the duration of the project and its cost. The fundamental beginning is to support the same production for the different equipment to achieve the maximum efficiency in each period of time. With the limited availability of resources, the work must be continuous and the period of time between operations and final must be kept. This paper aims to minimize the project total time and cost by means of the assignment of equipment of work to the different production lines of the activities. Construction project refers to a high-stake endeavor aiming at time-bound predetermined performance objective. Matching resources are planned and procured so that all activities can be executed according to a prefixed time schedule. Result shows that the optimization of resources is highly dependent on proper planning mechanism and efficient monitoring of its execution. © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019.