• G Subbiah Jeeva
• Dr J D Darwin
• P Rajkumar
• S Muthuraj

Natural fiber reinforced polymer composites have emerged as a potential environmentally friendly and cost-effective alternative to synthetic fiber reinforced composites. The availability of natural fibers and the ease of manufacturing have tempted us to study their feasibility of their application as reinforcement and the extent to which they satisfy the required specifications in day to day applications. Present age car bumpers are made of thermoplastic olefins (TPOs), polycarbonates, polyesters, polypropylene, polyurethanes, polyamides which are non biodegradable and difficult to recycle. A try has been made to use banana fiber reinforced polymer composites in car bumpers. Since plenty of banana stem is available, so it is pertinent to use banana fiber as acomposite material along with a suitable matrix (cost effective) phenol formaldehyde and Isophthalic resin at various proportions (40-60%, 30- 70%,50- 50%, 60-40%) by hand layup method. Peroxide treatment over banana fiber enhances the fiber property, Specimen was cut from the fabricated laminate according to ASTM standard for different experiments such as tensile test, damping test. The property of the material finds a significant use in present age car bumpers as it is biodegradable.

Natural fiber composites, Banana fiber, car bumpers, Phenol formaldehyde, isophthalic resin

"ANALYSIS OF DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF NATURAL (BANANA) FIBER,PHENOL FORMALDEHYDE AND ISOPHTHALIC RESIN COMPOSITES ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 5, page no.q23-q29, May-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2405H05.pdf

"ANALYSIS OF DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF NATURAL (BANANA) FIBER,PHENOL FORMALDEHYDE AND ISOPHTHALIC RESIN COMPOSITES ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 5, page no. ppq23-q29, May-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2405H05.pdf