Review on developments and future trends of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites

The need for highly strengthened, lightweight materials for working applications has led to a rise in the use of composites reinforced with fibers of natural or synthetic materials. Fiber-reinforced polymer composites have excellent mechanical capabilities and resistance to wear, corrosion, impact, and fire in addition to their high strength-to-weight ratio. These features have been made to use the fiber-reinforced polymer composites in various applications like automobile, marine, aerospace, construction, and many manufacturing industries, manufacturing processes, mechanical properties, thermal characteristics, and tribological behavior of composite materials determine their performance. Consequently, in order to determine the optimal material characteristic for the intended application, it is necessary to study all these things used to fabricate the composite materials. The study of This review includes the current research efforts on natural fiber-reinforced polymer composites manufacturing processes, impact modification, improved mechanical properties, thermal properties, and tribological behaviors. Improvements in the composites' mechanical, thermal, and physical properties are made possible by hybridization. This review also covers the hybridization of polymer composites and studies 3D printing a new advancement in the fabrication of polymer composites.