Impact damage resistance and post impact tolerance of optimum banana-pseudo stem fiber reinforced epoxy sandwich structures

• Main Authors: Hassan, M. Z., Sapuan, S. M., Rasid, Z. A., Mohd Nor, A. F., Dolah, R., Md Daud, M. Y.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/86421/1/MohamadZakiHassan2020_ImpactDamageResistanceandPostImpactTolerance.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/86421/; https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app10020684

Banana fiber has a high potential for use in fiber composite structures due to its promise as a polymer reinforcement. However, it has poor bonding characteristics with the matrixes due to hydrophobic-hydrophilic incompatibility, inconsistency in blending weight ratio, and fiber length instability....