Effect of fiber length on the mechanical properties of banana fiber – vinyl ester composites
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Umachitra Guruswamy
Abstract
In the present work, the mechanical properties of banana fiber – vinyl ester composite were investigated. The stacking of the layers was accomplished by hand-lay-up techniques and composites were produced by compression molding. The effect of the layering sequence on the mechanical properties, namely tensile, flexural and impact, was analyzed and is discussed in this paper. The natural fibers were extracted and processed locally. It was observed that the hardness of the samples was influenced by an increase in banana fiber content in the composite. Thus, banana fiber composite could be considered for applications in areas where high impact strength is a requirement such as in some automobile parts.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Fachbeiträge/Technical Contributions
- Durability studies on vibration-loaded electrical contact systems subjected to tribological stress
- A new hybrid approach for reliability-based design optimization of structural components
- Investigation of the microstructure of dissimilar welds in duplex stainless steel and low alloyed steel
- Microstructure and fracture performance of 304 stainless steel laser repairs with Al2O3 nano-particles
- Wet corrosion behavior of copper exposed to recycled groundnut oil as biofuel
- Numerical and experimental performance evaluation of an innovatively manufactured centrifugal pump
- Effect of weld parameters on the microstructure and mechanical properties of dissimilar friction stir joints between pure copper and the aluminum alloy AA7075-T6
- Mechanical properties of waste mussel shell particles reinforced epoxy composites
- Effect of fiber length on the mechanical properties of banana fiber – vinyl ester composites
- Effect of rare earth elements on the microstructure and properties of a die-cast aluminum alloy
- Relationship between MnS precipitation and respective effects of Ti-Mg bearing inclusions on the induction of intergranular acicular ferrite
- Influence of graphene coating on altering the heat transfer behavior of microprocessors
- Microstructure and wear of FeCrC, SiC and B4C coated AISI 430 stainless steel
- Potentiometric studies on the influence of poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) on the thermal degradation behavior of poly(vinyl chloride) blends
