Mechanical property analysis on powderized tamarind seed-palm natural fiber hybrid composites

Natural fibers achieved significant attention in the structural area even though they have comparatively less strength than the regular materials. Because of having higher strength to weight ratio, natural fiber composite structures play a noteworthy role in several application domains. Natural fibers are hybridized in order to have the composite structures with the integrated strength of the individual fibers. In this work, two natural fibers such as tamarind seed powder and palm fiber have been identified and hybridized composite specimens have been fabricated in four different combinations by varying the volumetric ratio for testing their tensile strength, impact strength and hardness value. SEM images have been taken to carry out the morphology study on the surfaces of the prepared composite specimens. The obtained results confirmed the suitability of the proposed composite structure for the various existing structural applications.