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B. A. Praveena et alii, Fracture and Structural Integrity, 76 (2026) 82-98; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.76.06

Experimental study on the mechanical and tribological characteristics of pineapple leaf fiber reinforced polymer composites for biomedical applications Praveena Bindiganavile Anand * Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology (NMIT), Nitte (Deemed to be University), Yelahanka, Bangalore, 560064, Karnataka, India praveen.ba@nmit.ac.in, http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7250-4599 Santhosh Nagaraja Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dayananda Sagar Academy of Technology and Management, Bangalore, 560082, Karnataka, India santhoshmvj89@gmail.com, http://orcid.org/ 0000-0002-3683-9356 Manjunatha G Avalappa Department of Mechanical Engineering, K.L.S Gogte Institute of Technology, Belgavi-590018, Karnataka, India manjunathga@git.edu http://orcid.org/ 0000-0002-1963-5220 Nikhil Rangaswamy Department of Mechatronics Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, REVA University, Bengaluru 560064, India nikhil.rangaswamy@reva.edu.in, http://orcid.org/ 0000-0002-4090-6638

Citation: Praveena, B. A., Santhosh, N., Manjunatha, G. A., Rangaswamy, N., Experimental study on the mechanical and tribological characteristics of pineapple leaf fiber reinforced polymer composites for biomedical applications, Fracture and Structural Integrity, 76 (2026) 82-98.

Received: 31.10.2025 Accepted: 16.01.2026 Published: 17.01.2026 Issue: 04.2026

Copyright: © 2026 This is an open access article under the terms of the CC-BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

K EYWORDS . Pineapple leaf fiber composites, Natural fiber reinforced polymers, Mechanical performance, Wear and friction behavior, Biocompatible materials, Sustainable biomedical composites.

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