Investigation of mechanical properties of natural fiber reinforced hybrid composite and its surface quality on abrasive water jet machining

Abstract

Natural Fiber-Reinforced Composite (NFRC) material is an emerging newlinematerial that has great potential to be used in various industrial applications newlineand products manufacturing due to its distinct advantages such as lower newlineweight, higher strength, fiber reinforcement, ability to mould into complex newlineshapes, better corrosion resistance, low cost, and less environmental impacts. newlineIn the current scenario in advanced manufacturing, the combination of newlinedifferent Natural Fiber Composite (NFC) preparation and processing newlinemethodologies rapidly increases to fulfill the various advanced technological newlinerequirements in Defense, Aerospace, Automotive, and other major industrial newlinesectors. Research and Development (RandD) in NFC are getting increased due newlineto the requirement of new lightweight materials for varied applications. newlineIntensive research is being carried out for expanding their mechanical newlineperformance to broaden the capacities and utilization of this group of materials. newlineFiber type is commonly categorized based on its origin: plant, animal, or newlinemineral. The use of natural or plant fiber-reinforced composite is increasing newlinewith time, due to its advantages comparing with other fibers. NFC is known newlinefor its renewability and biodegradability which is the reason for its gaining newlinepopularity. These properties with low cost will fulfill the economic interest of newlinethe industries. NFRC materials are recyclable and also using these green newlinematerials in the composite preparation provides an alternative way to deal with newlineagricultural residue. Due to increasing environmental concerns, the demand for newlinereplacing the available synthetic fibers with biodegradable, natural fibers newlinepaved the way for NFC. Natural fiber reinforcing materials such as cotton, newlinesisal, banana, jute, abaca, pineapple, and coir have an adequate specific newlinestrength, low density, low abrasion, multi-functionality, good thermal newlineproperties, enhanced energy recovery, newline