Figure 3.

1 Top 5 Producers of Banana (2013) (Source: FAOSTAT)

Figure 3.2 Contributions of Countries in Cultivation of Banana (2013) (Source: F
AOSTAT)
Figure 3.3 State Wise Cultivation of Banana in India (2012-13)
Source - National
Horticulture Board Database
Figure 3.4 Cross section of Banana Fibre
Figure 3.5 Extraction of Banana Fibre and separation
Figure 3.6 Research scheme
Figure 3.7 Various types of Chopped Random Oriented Fibre Composites
Figure 3.8 Various types of Woven Fibre Composites
Figure 3.9 Weighing machine used for density measurement
Figure 3.10 Tensile Test Specimen as per ASTM D638 dimensions
Figure 3.11 Tensile Test Specimens
Figure 3.12 Tensile Testing of the specimen
Figure 3.13 Flexural Test Specimen as per ASTM D790 dimensions
Figure 3.14 Flexural Test Specimens
Figure 3.15 Flexural Testing as per 3 point bending
Figure 3.16 Impact Test Specimen as per ASTM D256 dimensions
Figure 3.17 Impact Testing of the specimen
Figure 3.18 Water absorption Test Specimen as per ASTM D570
Figure 3.19 Specimens Immersed in Water
Figure 3.20 Compact Tensile Specimen as per ASTM D5045
Figure 3.21 Compact Tensile Specimens for Mode I fracture test
Figure 3.22 Mode I fracture test using Universal Testing Machine
Figure 3.23 ENF specimen as per D6671
Figure 3.24 Testing of ENF specimen in 3 point bending mode
Figure 3.25 Mixed Mode Flexural Specimen (Andras Szekrenyes 2002)
Figure 3.26 Testing of Specimen for Mixed Mode (Mode I+II) Fracture
Figure 3.27 Sample dimensions used for Bio Degradation
Figure 3.28 Equipment Used For The DMA Analysis.
Figure 3.29 DMA Testing specimens
Figure 3.30 Working Principle of Scanning Electron Microscope
Figure 3.31 Scanning Electron Microscope used in this Research Work
Figure 3.32 Schematic of peel up and push down Delamination.
Figure 3.33 Illustration Of Delamination Factor Measurement
Figure 3.34 Drilling tool used in this study
Figure 3.35 Schematic of peel up and push down Delamination.
Figure 3.36 Illustration of machine vision system
Figure 3.37 Machine vision system used for the study
Figure 3.38 Image processing of Drilled hole
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Table 3.1 Major chemical constituents of the banana fibre (Satyanarayana et al 1
986)
Table 3.2 Mechanical properties of banana fibre (Satyanarayana et al 1986)
Table 3.3 Typical chemical composition of E-glass and S-glass (Matthews and Rowl
ings 1994).
Table 3.4 Important Physical and Mechanical Properties of The E-Glass Fibre and
S-Glass Fibre. (Matthews and Rowlings 1994)
Table 3.5 Designations and compositions of short random oriented fibre composite
s
Table 3.6 Designations and layering sequence of woven fibre composites
Table 3.7 Specification of the SEM Equipment
Table 3.8 Sample ANOVA tabulation
-------------------------------------------------------------------------CHAPTER 3
MATERIALS AND METHODS
3.1
INTRODUCTION
3.2
BANANA FIBRE
3.2.1 Composition and Structure of the Banana Fibre

3.3
3.4
3.5

3.2.2 Banana Fibre Extraction

Glass Fibre
EPOXY RESIN
COMPOSITE FABRICATION
3.5.1 Fabrication and Investigation of Short Random Oriented Fibre Com

posites
3.6
3.7

3.5.2 Fabrication and Investigation of Woven Fibre Composites

COMPOSITE FABRICATION PROCEDURE

TESTING STANDARDS
3.7.1 Void Content Measurement
3.7.2 Tensile Testing
3.7.3 Flexural Testing
3.7.4 Impact Test
3.7.5 Water Absorption Test
3.7.6 Mode I Fracture Test
3.7.7 Mode II Fracture Test
3.7.8 Mixed Mode I + II Fracture Test
3.7.9 Bio Degradation test
3.7.10 Dynamic Mechanical Analysis
3.7.11 Fractography Study
3.8
DRILLING OF COMPOSITE
3.8.1 Machine Vision Image Analysis
3.9 ANOVA ANALYSIS