Title of article :
EFFECT OF ADDING BANANA PSEUDO STEM (BPS) ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF ABS COMPOSITES
Author/Authors :
ahmed, mohamed sameh ain shams university - faculty of eng. - designs and production department, Cairo, Egypt , attia, taiser ain shams university - faculty of eng. - designs and production department, Cairo, Egypt , abd el-wahab, ayman aly ain shams university - faculty of eng. - designs and production department, Cairo, egypt , el-gamsy, ramadan ain shams university - faculty of eng. - designs and production department, Cairo, Egypt , abd el-latif, m. hazaem ain shams university - faculty of eng. - designs and production department, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract :
BPS was used as reinforcement fibers in ABS matrix. Banana fibers were pretreated by using Sodium hydroxide solution with 5% concentration for 24 hours in order to enhance the adhesion interface between banana fibers and ABS Matrix. ABS/BPS composites were prepared at 0, 10, 20 and 30 wt% banana fibers. The ultimate tensile strength (UTS) and impact toughness for BPS/ABS composites at 0, 10, 20, 30 % fiber weight percentage were studied. The SEM observation for fracture surfaces was investigated. The thermal stability of the composites is studied using TGA test.
Keywords :
BPS , ABS composite , NaOH , UTS , impact toughness , SEM , TGA , thermal stability
Journal title :
Journal of Al Azhar University Engineering Sector (JAUES)
Journal title :
Journal of Al Azhar University Engineering Sector (JAUES)
