Tensile and Thermal Degradation Properties of Vetiver Fiber Composites

Natural fiber composites are playing an important role in present area of composites and among them plant fibers have a major role as a fiber reinforcement material. Thermal analysis has a crucial role and plays a significant factor in determining the materialistic properties of composites. In the present study, a vetiver fiber composite was prepared by a simple hand lay-up method. Tensile and flexural test was carried out. Thermal degradation analysis was performed with thermal gravimetric analyzer and the studies show that the fibers were treated with some more chemical treatments it would have added less thermal degradation and more mechanical properties. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd.