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Natural Fiber-Reinforced Composites: Potential, Applications, and Properties

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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.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Technology & Engineering, The M S University of Baroda, 390 001, Vadodara, Gujarat, India

    Piyush P. Gohil

  2. Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Technology & Engineering, CHARUSAT, 388 421, Changa, Gujarat, India

    Vijay Chaudhary

  3. Mechanical Engineering Department, S V National Institute of Technology, 395 007, Surat, Gujarat, India

    A. A. Shaikh

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Gohil, P., Chaudhary, V., Shaikh, A. (2015). Natural Fiber-Reinforced Composites: Potential, Applications, and Properties. In: Hakeem, K., Jawaid, M., Y. Alothman, O. (eds) Agricultural Biomass Based Potential Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13847-3_3

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