The Influence of Length of the Stem of Klutuk Banana (Musa Balbisiana) Toward Tensile Strength: A Review of the Mechanical Properties

Abstract- This study is testing the effects of fibre length on tensile strength and strain on the stem of klutuk banana fibre specimen with length of fiber are variation of 10 cm, 7 cm, 5 cm and 3 cm. The results showed that composite fibres stem of banana with tensile strenght test result is specimen of 10 cm (25.38 N/mm2), specimen of 7 cm (14,47 N/mm2), specimen of 3 cm (17,27 N/mm2) and specimen of 5 cm (12,08 N/mm2). The result is strain specimen and extension of 10 cm (20,14), specimen of 7 cm (9.95), specimen of 5 cm (5,49) and specimen of 3 cm (5,39). The conclusions of this study are (1) the length of the stem of banana fibres in composite will further improve the tensile strenght on an existing specimen, by not being influenced by other factors, (2) The length of the stem of banana fibres will be increasingly small elongation that occurred compared with shorter fibres, and (3) the length of the stem of banana fibres are the higher values of the strain that occurs