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Use of regression models to study the factors affecting the tensile and compressive properties of banana bio-composites
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| dc.contributor.author | Mwesigwa, Ronald | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mwasiagi, Josphat Igadwa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-01-21T06:41:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-01-21T06:41:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-03 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/3959 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Banana pseudo-stem fibers were treated with 4% sodium hydroxide, and then combined with banana peels resin to design bio-composite material. The effect of selected factors (fiber volume fraction, bio-resin, and mass of glycerin) on tensile and compressive properties of banana bio-composites were investigated. The banana bio-composite exhibited tensile strength of 4.2 MPa, Young’s modulus of 12 MPa and compressive strength of 2.1 MPa using fiber volume fraction of 60% and bio-resin mass of 140 g. The mass of glycerin recorded a nonsignificant effect on the aforementioned properties of the bio-composites | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis Group | en_US |
| dc.subject | Pseudo-stem fibers | en_US |
| dc.subject | Banana peels | en_US |
| dc.subject | Bio-resin | en_US |
| dc.subject | Bio-Composites | en_US |
| dc.subject | Universal rotatable design | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tensile strength | en_US |
| dc.title | Use of regression models to study the factors affecting the tensile and compressive properties of banana bio-composites | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
