Banana Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites Research Articles

Evaluation of Acoustic and Structural Behavior of Banana Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites

Evaluation of Acoustic and Structural Behavior of Banana Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites

Review on properties of banana fiber reinforced polymer composites

The fast moving world is very much concerned about the environmental ecology and new regulations from government agencies. Due to this scientists and researchers are looking for biodegradable and renewable natural fiber reinforced composites as an alternate material. The fiber obtained from natural resources has indubitable benefits over the synthetic fibers such as low density, comparable strength, non-toxicity, low cost and minimum waste disposal problems. A lot of research has been done by researchers to explore the potential applications of natural fibers. But fibers such as banana, jute, bagasse, sisal have gained importance in this decade. Banana fibers are plant native to Southeast Asia, they are obtained from the steam of the banana tree which are considered as waste material after the harvest of fruit. Banana fibers as a reinforcing material have exhibited significant improvement in physical, chemical and mechanical properties of the polymer composites. The present study gives an extensive review of the banana fiber reinforced composites with its potential applications. Various aspects which affect the behavior of banana fiber reinforced polymer composites such as fiber length, its orientation and configuration, moisture content, temperature and surface treatments of fibers are discussed in this work.

Investigations on the mechanical properties of hybrid goat hair and banana fiber reinforced polymer composites

In this Paper, the mechanical properties of goat hair and banana fiber reinforced hybrid epoxy composites were studied. The hybrid composites laminates are fabricated by the hand layup method and the main application of this research work are automobiles, defence and aerospace applications. Banana plant not only gives the delicious fruit but it also provides the banana fiber. All varieties of banana plants have fibers in abundance. These fibers are obtained after the fruit is harvested and fall in the group of bast fibers. The hand Layup method of fabrication was employed in preparing the composite laminates of unidirectional goat hair and banana fiber. Keeping this in view the present work has been undertaken to develop a polymer matrix composite (epoxy resin) using goat hair and banana fibers and to study its mechanical properties like Tensile strength, flexural strength and impact strength. This study shows that addition of banana fiber in goat/epoxy composites of up to 50 and 50% by weight results in increasing the mechanical properties. Morphological analysis was carried out to observe fracture behaviour and fiber pull-out of the samples using scanning electron microscope.

Thermo-mechanical and morphological characterization of needle punched non-woven banana fiber reinforced polymer composites

The purpose of this study is to employ a novel technique for the fabrication of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites that could stand toe to toe with glass fiber composites in terms of thermo-mechanical properties without any chemical treatment. The reinforcement fibers were extracted from the pseudostem of the nendran banana plant. Later a non-woven fabric composite consisting of banana fibers reinforced with unsaturated polyester (UPE) matrix was fabricated using the needle punching technique. Composite specimens were subjected to tensile, flexural, hardness, quasi-static indentation (QSI) and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) test for evaluating mechanical properties. However, the optimal properties was achieved at 40 wt% fiber content with an increase in tensile and flexural strength of 36% and 33% for needle-punched banana fiber composites (NPBFC) compared with random banana fiber composites (RBFC) respectively. It was also evidenced from the load bearing capacity and hardness of NPBFC having 2420 N and 87 HRRW, proves its superiority over RBFC and comparable with RGFC. Further, the viscoelastic properties of UPE and NPBFC were analyzed. Subsequently, the characteristic bonds of cellulose were represented through infra-red spectroscopy and the crystallinity index was exposed through X-ray diffraction analysis. In addition, thermal analysis was done and the stability of the optimized NPBFC witnessed was up to 260 °C. Also, morphology-properties correlation was established. Finally, the experimental results were validated using theoretical models. This study concludes that the synthesized novel NPBFC endorses its potentiality as a probable reinforcement in industrial safety helmet, automotive door panel and light weight structural applications.

Effect of Chemical Treatment on Thermal, Mechanical and Degradation Behavior of Banana Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites

ABSTRACT The current research endeavor, explores the thermal, mechanical, and degradation behavior of alkaline treated banana fibers reinforced polypropylene composites. Composites incorporating BF (20% w: w) treated with NaOH (5% w: v) aqueous solution were developed using extrusion-injection molding processes. After chemical treatment, the tensile, flexural and impact strength of the composite increases by 3.8%, 5.17%, and 11.50%, respectively. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) observations of tested specimens confirm the fiber pull out and fiber fracture as the main reasons for failure of developed composites under tensile and impact loading. The specimens were exposed to two different environments, water immersion and soil burial for 5 weeks for the degradation studies. The degradation behavior of composites was measured in terms of variation in weight and mechanical properties (tensile, flexural, and impact). The maximum degradation in mechanical properties was observed for the composites buried under soil. The composite lost 7.69%, 12.06%, and 3.27% of tensile, flexural, and impact strength, respectively.

Mode I Fracture Characterization of Banana Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composite

In this paper, fracture behavior and Mechanical properties of short banana fiber reinforced polymer composites is investigated. Fibers are extracted from banana plant,Further compositelaminates were prepared with randomly distributed fiberswith different weight fraction of banana ranging from 30%, 35% and 40%. Composites are prepared using hand layup technique. Tests were performed to determine fracture toughness (Mode I) and mechanical properties of these laminates. The tests were performed to examine the effect of weight fraction of fiber on the fracture toughness of the composite. As epoxy is a brittle material, stress intensity factor is utilized to evaluate the fracture toughness of the composites. From the experimental results were carried out on different weight fractions of banana. It is observed that the 40 % of banana fiber shows maximum fracture toughness, Composite plate of 30% shows the maximum tensile strength.

Effect of chemical treatment on mechanical behavior of banana fiber reinforced polymer composites

Composite materials have gained popularity in various high-performance applications such as aerospace and automotive industry. The rising concern about the environmental issues and the need for more versatile composite materials have led to an increase in research interest regarding advanced composite materials using natural fibers as reinforcement. The objective of the present research endeavor is to investigate the effect of chemical treatment on the mechanical properties of Banana fiber (BF) reinforced polypropylene (PP) composites. Thermal properties of treated and untreated fibers have been examined using thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA). Composites incorporating Banana fiber (10, 20 and 30% w: w) treated with NaOH (5% w: v) aqueous solution were developed. The extrusion-injection molding technique was used to fabricate the composite specimens. The mechanical properties of developed composites have been investigated and compared. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis of tensile tested specimens has been carried out to investigate the fracture behavior of the developed composites. A significant improvement in mechanical properties revealed that the developed composites have great potential to be used in numerous engineering applications.

Thermal and die electric properties of chemically modified municipal solid waste and banana fiber reinforced polymer composites

The thermal and dielectric properties of municipal solid waste (MSW)/banana fiber composites were investigated as a function of total volume fraction of filler (MSW+ banana fiber). The relative volume fraction of MSW/banana fiber and its chemical modification was also investigated. The total volume fraction (Vf) of filler is established by keeping the relative volume fraction of MSW and banana fiber as 50:50. The thermal conductivity of composites decreases with increase of filler ratio. Subsequently, composites with different volume ratios of MSW and banana fiber (100:0, 75:25, 50:50, 25:75, 0:100) were prepared by keeping total Vf of filler as 50%. Low thermal conductivity and diffusivity values were obtained in composites with an MSW and a banana fiber ratio as 50:50. Moreover, chemically modified filler composites show decrease in dielectric constant, dielectric loss factor and an increment in volume resistivity. Experimental dielectric constant values are correlated with theoretical models. © 2016 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ Prog, 2016

Fabrication and Mechanical Property Evaluation of Ethiopia Banana Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites

Fabrication and Mechanical Property Evaluation of Ethiopia Banana Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites

Processing and Mechanical Property Evaluation of Banana Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites

In the fast developing world, the concern for the environmental pollution and the prevention of non-renewable and non-biodegradable resources has attracted researchers seeking to develop new eco-friendly materials and products based on sustainability principles. The fibers from the natural sources provide indisputable advantages over synthetic reinforcement materials such as low cost, low density, non-toxicity, comparable strength, and minimum waste disposal problems. In the present experiment, banana fiber reinforced epoxy composites are prepared and the mechanical properties of these composites are evaluated. The composite samples with different fiber volume fractions were prepared by using the hand lay-up process and apply pressure at room temperature. The samples were subjected to the mechanical testing such as tensile, flexural and impact loading. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis is carried out to evaluate fiber matrix interfaces and analyze the structure of the fractured surfaces.

Effect of Chemical Treatment on Mechanical Properties of Municipal Solid Waste and Banana Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites

Hybrid composites of municipal solid waste (MSW)/banana fiber reinforced urea formaldehyde are prepared with different filler ratio. Mechanical properties such as tensile, flexural and impact strengths are investigated as a function of total volume fraction (Vf) of filler (MSW and banana fiber) and its chemical modification. The mechanical properties are found to be high at 40% Vf of filler which indicates effective stress transfer between fiber and matrix. It is observed that presence of banana fiber provides better mechanical properties to composites. The chemically treated composites showed higher tensile and flexural strength compared to untreated composites due to the strong interfacial interaction between the resin and fiber.

Banana Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites - A Review

This paper presents a summary of research work published in the field of banana fiber reinforced polymer composites with special references to the structure, physical and mechanical properties of the composites.