PMID- 36500155
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20230701
IS  - 1996-1944 (Print)
IS  - 1996-1944 (Electronic)
IS  - 1996-1944 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 23
DP  - 2022 Dec 5
TI  - Development of Lightweight Cricket Pads Using Knitted Flexible Thermoplastic 
      Composites with Improved Impact Protection.
LID - 10.3390/ma15238661 [doi]
LID - 8661
AB  - Cricket is one of the most popular global sports, and cricket pads are important 
      personal protective gear used for shock absorption and peak deceleration of the 
      impact forces of the cricket ball for both batsmen and wicket keepers. The 
      materials selection of the padding should be considered according to 
      requirements. In the present study, flexible composites were manufactured using 
      knitted unidirectional thermoplastic composite prepregs. Prepregs were fabricated 
      using thermoplastic yarns, e.g., High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), Polypropylene 
      (PP), and Low Melting Polyester (LMPE). Para-aramid (Kevlar) and Flax yarns were 
      used as inlay. The structures were stacked in three and five layers, and hot 
      compression was used to convert thermoplastic yarn into matrix. A total of twelve 
      samples were prepared, and their mechanical properties were evaluated. Tensile 
      and flexural properties, short beam strength, and impact properties were 
      optimized using the multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) technique for order 
      performance by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS). This approach was used to 
      select the best material for use in cricket pads. The candidate samples were 
      ranked using statistical techniques. The optimum sample was found to be FP5, 
      i.e., Flax with polypropylene using five layers, which exhibited the maximum 
      impact strength. The results showed that the mechanical properties were improved 
      in general by increasing the number of layers. The significance and percentage 
      contribution of each factor was obtained by ANOVA (alpha = 0.10) and pie chart, which 
      showed Factors A and C (inlay yarn and number of layers) to be the main 
      contributors. The optimal samples showed superior impact-related performance 
      compared to a market sample cricket pad.
FAU - Ahmad, Tauheed
AU  - Ahmad T
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2857-1246
AD  - Protective Textile Research Group, Faculty of Textile Engineering, National 
      Textile University, Faisalabad 37610, Pakistan.
FAU - Jamshaid, Hafsa
AU  - Jamshaid H
AD  - Protective Textile Research Group, Faculty of Textile Engineering, National 
      Textile University, Faisalabad 37610, Pakistan.
FAU - Mishra, Rajesh Kumar
AU  - Mishra RK
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8505-4443
AD  - Department of Material Science and Manufacturing Technology, Faculty of 
      Engineering, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamycka 129, 16500 Prague, 
      Czech Republic.
FAU - Chandan, Vijay
AU  - Chandan V
AD  - Department of Material Science and Manufacturing Technology, Faculty of 
      Engineering, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamycka 129, 16500 Prague, 
      Czech Republic.
FAU - Nazari, Shabnam
AU  - Nazari S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6306-500X
AD  - Department of Sustainable Technologies, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech 
      University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamycka 129, 16500 Prague, Czech Republic.
FAU - Ivanova, Tatiana Alexiou
AU  - Ivanova TA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9831-4969
AD  - Department of Sustainable Technologies, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech 
      University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamycka 129, 16500 Prague, Czech Republic.
FAU - Ahamad, Naseer
AU  - Ahamad N
AD  - School of Sciences, National Textile University, Faisalabad 37610, Pakistan.
FAU - Ahmed, Sharjeel
AU  - Ahmed S
AD  - School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology 
      of China, Hefei 230026, China.
FAU - Petru, Michal
AU  - Petru M
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7643-8450
AD  - Department of Machine Parts and Mechanism, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, 
      Technical University of Liberec, 46001 Liberec, Czech Republic.
FAU - Kucera, Lubos
AU  - Kucera L
AD  - Centre of Transport Technology Components, Faculty of Mechanical engineering, 
      University of Zilina, Univerzitna 8215/1, 010 26 Zilina, Slovakia.
LA  - eng
GR  - R36 DP002021/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20221205
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Materials (Basel)
JT  - Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101555929
PMC - PMC9739438
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Kevlar
OT  - composite cricket pad
OT  - flax
OT  - knitted prepreg
OT  - thermoplastic yarn
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2022/12/12 06:00
MHDA- 2022/12/12 06:01
PMCR- 2022/12/05
CRDT- 2022/12/11 01:25
PHST- 2022/10/05 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/11/30 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/12/02 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/12/11 01:25 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/12/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/12/12 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/12/05 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ma15238661 [pii]
AID - materials-15-08661 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ma15238661 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Materials (Basel). 2022 Dec 5;15(23):8661. doi: 10.3390/ma15238661.