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Full Screen- Title
- Dedication
- Declaration
- Certificate
- Acknowledgement
- Preface
- Contents
- Glossary of Terms
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Composites
- 1.2 Constituents
- 1.2.2 Chemical composition of lignocellulosic fibre
- 1.2.3 Micro structure of plant fibres
- 1.2.4 Thermal stability of natural fibres
- 1.3 Matrix
- 1.4 Natural fibre reinforced polymer composites
- 1.5 Thermoplastic composites
- 1.6 Thermoset composites
- 1.7 Rubber composites
- 1.8 Textile composites
- 1.10 Fabrication of composites
- 1.11 Green composites
- 1.12 Cellulose Nanocomposites
- 1.13 Composite characterization
- 1.14 Applications of natural fibre reinforced composites
- 2. Materials and Experimental
- 2.2.2 Banana fibre
- 2.2.3 Phenol formaldehyde resin
- 2.3 Surface modification of banana fibres
- 2.4 Isolation of cellulose fibrils
- 2.5 Fabrication of phenol formaldehyde composites
- 2.6 Characterisation of macro, micro and nano banana fibres
- 2.7 Characterisation of banana fibre/phenol formaldehyde composites
- 3. Surface characteristics, spectroscopic investigations and thermal behaviour of banana fibres - macro to nano scale
- Characterization of banana fibre
- 4. Topographical characterisation of the chemically modified banana fibre
- 5. Mechanical properties and failure topography of banana fibre-PF macrocomposites
- 6. Influence of fibre surface modifications on the mechanical performance and failure topography of banana fibre reinforced phenol formaldehyde composites
- 7. Viscoelastic behaviour of untreated and chemically treated banana fibre/PF composites
- 8. Water sorption characteristics of banana fibre/phenolformaldehyde composites
- 9. A comparative study of banana fibre/PF composites on the mechanical, thermal and viscoelastic propertiesfrom macro to nano scales
- 10. Environmental ageing studies
- 11. Thermal stability and degradation of banana fibre/ PF composites fabricated by RTM
- 12. Conclusions and Future scope of the work
- Curriculum vitae