A Review on processing and mechanical performance of natural fiber composites

Abstract

Natural fiber composite material is one of the emerging field in material engineering. A lot of research is going on to find natural fibers and their potential for large number of application. There are many techniques through which we can extract natural fibers from parent plant. These extracted fibers has to be embedded into polymer matrix by different processing methods. Selection of processing method depend upon type of polymer matrix, type of natural fiber and desired mechanical properties. The method of natural fiber processing greatly affect the resulted properties of fabricated composite. Along processing methods there are different factors which are responsible for influencing mechanical properties of natural fiber composites. This review paper focus on different natural fiber processing techniques and mechanical performance of natural fiber composites.