An Overview on Mechanical Property Evaluation of Natural Fiber Reinforced Polymers

This article presents an overview of the mechanical properties like tensile, flexural, impact, fracture surface observations and corresponding modulus of elasticity of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites. Natural fibers have recently become attractive to scientists and researchers as good alternative for fiber reinforced composites because of their low cost, non-abrasive and eco-friendly nature. Natural fibers may play an important role in developing biodegradable composites to resolve the current ecological and environmental problems. In connection with brief overview has been carried out on natural fibers because these are abundantly available in India. This article shows that the natural fibers are also possesses good mechanical properties and these fiber composites can also be used in different applications. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.