声明
ABSTRACT
摘要
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.INTRODUCTl0N
1.1 Overview
1.2 Natural Fibre Pre-treatment Methods
1.2.1.Physical Pre-treatment methods
1.2.2.Chemical Pre-treatment Methods
1.2.3.Physico-chemical/other Pre-treatment Methods
1.3.Reasons for the selection of Jute Fibre and E51 Epoxy Resin
1.4.Research scope,outhne and significance of the study
1.5 Summary of the chapter
CHAPTER 2:EXPERIMENTAL
2.1:ALKALI TREATMENT OF JUTE FIBRES
2.2:SILANE COUPLING AGENT TREATMENT OF JUTE FIBRES
2.2.1:How much of each reagent was used in the silane solution preparation
2.3:COMBINED ALKALI AND SILANE COUPLING AGENT TREATMENT OF JUTE FIBRES
2.4:PREPARATION OF E51 EPOXY CASTINGS
2.5 CHARACTERIZATION OF THE COMPOSITES
2.5.1.Characterization of Mechanical Properties
2.5.2.Preparation of composites for SEM analysis
2.6 Summary of the chapter
CHAPTER 3:RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
3.1.Results of the Investigation into the effects of combining alkalization and silanation
3.2 Results of Mechanical Tests
3.2.1.Flexural Test Results
3.2.2:ILSS Test Results
3.3:Results of SEM analysis of composites
3.4 Summary of the chapter
CHAPTER 4:CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 5
REFERENCES
Acknowledgement