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ArticleScientific reports2026

Development and performance evaluation of sustainable false banana fiber reinforced composite fan blades.

Yerdawu Zeleke Gebremaryam, Haile Simachew, Worku Tegegne Molla, Sivasubramanian Palanisamy, Saleh A Alfarraj, Sulaiman Ali Alharbi, Mohamed Abbas, Shaeen Kalathil, Mezigebu Belay

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9 authors.

Yerdawu Zeleke GebremaryamCenter of Chemical Engineering, ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia. zyirdaw27@gmail.com.
Haile SimachewDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Wolkite University, Wolkite, Ethiopia.
Worku Tegegne MollaTextile Engineering and Materials Research Group (TEAM), De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.
Sivasubramanian PalanisamyDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Mohan Babu University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, 517102, India. sivaresearch948@gmail.com.
Saleh A AlfarrajDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Sulaiman Ali AlharbiDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P. O. Box.2455, 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mohamed AbbasElectrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, 61421, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Shaeen KalathilDepartment of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, 11671, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mezigebu BelayDepartment of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, Ethiopian Defence University, 1041, Bishoftu, Ethiopia. mezgebubelay@etdu.edu.et.

Funding

King Khalid University RGP2/521/46Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University PNURSP2026R821
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of textile fibre-reinforced composite materials for many alternative applications has significantly increased in the twenty-first century due to their lightweight nature and high strength-to-weight ratio. In this study, false banana fibres were used as reinforcement and unsaturated polyester resin as the matrix. The optimal ratio of fibre to matrix was established through an analysis of physico-mechanical parameters, including tensile, compressive, and flexural strengths, water absorption, and void fraction, utilising Design Expert software. Additionally, deformation, Von Mises stress, Von Mises strain, and velocity were analyzed using ANSYS simulation software. The composite exhibited water absorption of 1.5% over 24 to 48 h, a void fraction of 1.02%, a tensile strength of 33.15 MPa, a compressive strength of 29.69 MPa, and a bending or flexural strength of 28.85 MPa. Furthermore, the ANSYS results showed a maximum deformation of 0.60887 mm, a maximum equivalent elastic strain of 0.0018815, a minimum value of 1.0375 × 10

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Ceiling fan bladeFalse banana fiberFinite element analysisPhysico-mechanical propertiesUnsaturated polyester

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PMCPMC13111614

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