Study of Mechanical Properties of Coconut Coir Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites

摘要

In the present day situation, the usage of conventional material for building and manufacturing sectors is growing enormously. This leads to, at some point of time, the depletion of the conventional material due to heavy demand. Now, there is a necessity to think of other materials for different purposes for the development of new products. The other source is that which does not cause any pollution to the environment and, at the same time, gives the scope for replacing the existing materials. Generally, everybody knows that for construction, materials like steel and wood take the major part. But once there is a shortage of these materials, the other materials which provide the same purpose would get major importance in this particular research. The unconventional materials like natural fibers play a major role here. A lot of research is going on this field. But generally, the research is limited to a particular fiber that is available in plenty. The fibers like coconut, kenaf, and sisal are abundantly available in countries like ours. Here and there, some research is going on but it is only of limited scope to understand. Even countries like India produce a lot of agricultural waste every year. If this is used for the purpose of making usable products, there may be a demand for that, and there is employment potential for those companies or organizations. The authors are highly motivated to develop such products which can use and replace conventional materials.