Design Of Rigid Board Material From Banana Tree Trunk Fiber

Mohd Azlan , Mohamed (2010) Design Of Rigid Board Material From Banana Tree Trunk Fiber. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

This report describes the design of rigid board material from banana tree trunk fiber reinforced polyester composite. The use of natural source is increases in this century for the green environmental protection. Hence, the use of natural fiber is highly recommended for industrial purpose. The main focus of this project is to obtain the best ratio of banana tree trunk fiber to polyester composite that can gives the highest strength of the rigid board product. This paper is first review some literatures and past documents regarding to the nature of the composite. There are theoretical studies that revised some useful theory about strength of material that can be related to the composites materials. Several approaches were applied by the author to achieve the goal such as interviewing the expertise in the natural composite fields. The author described the method to extract the banana tree trunk fiber in the methodology chapter. The raw fiber is then reinforced into polyester in the fabricating process for of test specimen. The specimens subjected to mechanical testing to measure their strength properties. The results are then analyzed and discussed. From this study, the optimum amount of banana tree trunk fiber in polyester resin is between 4%and 6%.

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