Performance Analysis of Vinyl Ester Polymer Composites Reinforced with Banana Fibers
| Author(s) | : | Dr M Shanmugaraja, T. Tharoon |
| Institution | : | Professor, Department of Automobile Engineering, SNS College of Technology, Coimbatore-35, Tamilnadu, India |
| Published In | : | Vol. 4, Issue 10 — October 2017 |
| Page No. | : | 149-156 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
Today’s world is in much need of innovations in quality of materials to prevent material failures incomponents. To fulfil that a special type of materials known as composite materials are introduced. The compositematerials have improved in properties when compared to conventional materials. A proposal is made in this paper towork with Fiber reinforced composites with Vinyl ester as matrix and untreated Banana fibers as reinforcement toinvestigate the properties enhanced out from the Composite materials. The usage of natural fiber reinforced compositesmay innovate for various new compositions, where the properties are studied by performing various mechanical tests.Moreover, the banana fibers are well available around everywhere. The resin vinyl ester, generally is highly versatile,with the strength higher than polyester and is being cheaper than the other resins. The composite materials werefabricated using compression molding technique in order to have a quick action and to have uniform fiber distribution.The tests like tensile test, water absorption test, and Impact test are conducted to study out the properties
Dr M Shanmugaraja, T. Tharoon, “Performance Analysis of Vinyl Ester Polymer Composites Reinforced with Banana Fibers”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 4, Issue 10, pp. 149-156, October 2017.
