Banana and plantain fiber-reinforced polymer composites

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (7) ◽  
pp. 597-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adewale George Adeniyi ◽  
Joshua O. Ighalo ◽  
Damilola Victoria Onifade
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Polymer Composites ◽  
Natural Fiber ◽  
Natural Fibers ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Banana Fiber ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites

Abstract Natural fiber-reinforced polymer composites have been widely explored by many researchers due to their improved modulus and lightness compared to other conventional construction materials such as wood, metal, and steel. Cultivators only harvest banana and plantain fruits for food and leaves for food wrapping. The other portions of the plant are considered as wastes and a potential resource of natural fibers used as reinforcement in composites. Over the years, a plethora of research works has been done on banana and plantain fibers as fillers in plastic composites. Comprehensive catalogues of preparation techniques and mechanical properties were presented. The mechanical properties of banana fiber reinforcement in polyester and epoxy composites were compared to and contrasted with those of other natural fibers to elucidate its superiority or inferiority to those materials. This work gives an overview of the current state of knowledge of banana fiber-reinforced composites alongside the available research gaps.

scholarly journals Natural fiber reinforced polymer composite and their tensile properties – a review

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1103-1110
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Polymer Composites ◽  
Natural Fiber ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Natural Fibers ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Specific Strength ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites

There has been a growing interest to produce composite polymeric materialsusing natural fibers as reinforcement. Scientists prefer natural fiber as a reinforced material to make polymer composites due to their bio-degradability characteristics,strong mechanical properties, high specific strength, low cost, non-abrasiveand ecofriendly nature . This review presents the reported work on natural plant based fiber reinforced polymer composites with special reference to the type of natural fibers and host polymers. Various fiber treatments, which are carried out to improve the fiber– hostadhesion, improved mechanical properties that greatly increase the application of these polymer composites specially in automobile industries and bioapplications are highlighted.

A Comparative Study between Jute and Glass Fiber Reinforced Composites

2021 ◽  
Vol 891 ◽  
pp. 125-130
Author(s):  
Subrata Chandra Das ◽  
Debasree Paul ◽  
Mubarak Ahmad Khan ◽  
Sotirios A. Grammatikos ◽  
Styliani Papatzani
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Polymer Composites ◽  
Natural Fiber ◽  
Fiber Composite ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Synthetic Fiber ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites

Recently, natural fiber reinforced polymer composites have become popular over traditional synthetic fiber reinforced polymer composites for automotive, low demanding structural and semi-structural applications. In this work, a comparative study of a natural fiber composite such as jute fabric composite (JFRP) and synthetic fiber composite such as glass fiber composite (GFRP) is presented. The composites were manufactured using hand lay-up and then curing at 90°C for 10 min in a hot press, followed by 24 h room temperature post-curing. The mechanical properties such as tensile and bending of JFRP and GFRP composites, were evaluated and compared. It was revealed that even if GFRPs exhibited significantly higher mechanical properties than JFRPs, environmental impact would still favor JFRPs for non-structural and low load bearing applications.

Tensile Properties of Natural Fiber Reinforced Polymers: An Overview

2015 ◽  
Vol 766-767 ◽  
pp. 133-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeswin Arputhabalan ◽  
K. Palanikumar
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Properties ◽  
Polymer Composites ◽  
Natural Fiber ◽  
Natural Fibers ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymers ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Reinforced Polymers ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites

This paper deals with tensile properties of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites. Natural fibers have recently found increasing use in various fields as an alternative to synthetic fiber reinforced polymers. Due to this they have become attractive to engineers, researchers and scientists. Natural fibers are replacing conventional fibers such as glass, aramid and carbon due to their eco-friendly nature, lesser cost, good mechanical properties, better specific strength, bio-degradability and non-abrasive characteristics. The adhesion between the fibers and the matrix highly influence the tensile properties of both thermoset and thermoplastic natural fiber reinforced polymer composites. In order to enhance the tensile properties by improving the strength of fiber and matrix bond many chemical modifications are normally employed. In most cases the tensile strengths of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites are found to increase with higher fiber content, up to a maximum level and then drop, whereas the Young’s modulus continuously increases with increasing fiber loading. It has been experimentally found that tensile strength and Young’s modulus of reinforced composites increased with increase in fiber content [1].

Tensile and flexural properties of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites: A review

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (24) ◽  
pp. 1435-1455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad ZR Khan ◽  
Sunil K Srivastava ◽  
MK Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Polymer Composites ◽  
Natural Fiber ◽  
Natural Fibers ◽  
Surface Treatments ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Flexural Properties ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Synthetic Fibers ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites

In recent years, researchers and scientists are facing problems in terms of environmental imbalance and global warming owing to numerous use of composite materials prepared by synthetic fibers and petrochemical polymers. Hence, an increasing attention has been devoted to the research and development of polymer composites reinforced with the natural fibers. The natural fibers are the most suitable alternative of synthetic fibers due to their biodegradability, eco-friendliness and acceptable mechanical properties. The natural fibers are attracting the researchers and scientists to exploit their properties by amalgamating them with the polymer. The properties of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites mainly depend upon various factors such as properties of fibers and matrices, fiber loading percentage, size and orientation of fibers, stacking sequences, degree of interfacial bonding, fiber surface treatments, hybridization and incorporation of additives and coupling agents. Tensile and flexural tests are the most important investigations to predict the applications of the materials. A good number of research has been carried out on tensile and flexural properties of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites. In this paper, a review on tensile and flexural properties of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites in terms of effects of fiber weight fraction, geometry, surface treatments, orientations and hybridization is presented. Moreover, recent applications of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites are also presented in this study.

A review on mechanical behavior of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites and its applications

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (10) ◽  
pp. 441-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hitesh Jariwala ◽  
Piyush Jain
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Polymer Composites ◽  
Natural Fiber ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Reinforced Composites ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Plant Fiber ◽  
Natural Plant ◽  
Reinforced Polymer ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites

In the last decade, natural plant fibers (jute, sisal, coir, banana, hemp, kenaf, flax, etc.) are getting attention from many researchers and academicians to utilize it as an alternate reinforcement of synthetic fiber reinforced polymer composites. These fibers are becoming a great replacement of conventional fibers (such as glass, carbon, and aramid) due to their light weight, low cost, carbon neutrality, fairly good mechanical properties, high specific strength, and biodegradability characteristics. Some chemical treatments are required to enhance the fiber matrix interfacial strength and to minimize the moisture absorption by these fibers which would ultimately improve physico-mechanical properties of these fiber reinforced composites. This paper is a review on mechanical properties of the natural plant fiber reinforced polymer composites and various factors affecting the mechanical performance of it. The tribological behavior of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites and scanning electron microscope analysis are also discussed. Some mathematical models are mentioned which are useful to predict mechanical behavior of the composites. It is found that Halpin–Tsai equation is the most effective equation amongst others in predicting Young’s modulus for short-fiber reinforced composites with minimum error. The applications of natural plant fiber reinforced polymer composites in various engineering fields are discussed.

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