Natural fiber-reinforced composites: Potential, applications, and properties

Abstract

The majority of the mounting countries are extremely rich in agricultural biomass such as natural fiber. Apart from a few exceptions, a huge part of agricultural biomass wastes is used as a substitute for different applications. India only produces more than 400 million tonnes of agricultural dissipate yearly. A huge fraction of agricultural biomass wastes comprises various natural fibers. All these natural fibers have brilliant properties and could be exploited successfully in the development of composite materials for a variety of structural and nonstructural applications. This chapter focuses on the prospective use of natural fibers in composite materials, their availability, importance, mechanical and physical properties, and their applications.