Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Plant/Plant Fibers in Hybrid Non-woven Fabric Polymeric Composites

Fabric-based polymeric composites are widely utilized across various industries such as automobile, transport, military, and civil construction for diverse applications. The scientific community has exhibited an increasing fascination with the fabrics employed in the creation of composite materials due to their favorable characteristics, including reduced manufacturing expenses, heightened durability, and decreased mass. Like other textile materials such as woven and knit fabrics, nonwoven fabrics are also employed for lamination, nonetheless with unique functional characteristics. Nonwoven textiles remain an area that warrants further exploration, as woven and knitted fabrics currently enjoy greater popularity as reinforcement materials. The variability of fabric composites is attributed to various factors, including but not limited to fiber type, origin, composition, and the polymeric matrix. Furthermore, the utilization of finite element analysis is facilitating the accurate prediction of ultimate composite properties. The feasibility and cost-effectiveness of creating hybrid plant composites using diverse fabric materials can be attributed to the global availability of such materials. This chapter presents a discussion on the fabrication, thermo-mechanical performances, and recent developments of nonwoven fabric-based composites that was prepared from plant/plant fibers.