Considerable research in the field of material science has been directed towards the development of new light weight, high performance engineering materials like composite. In many applications, like an aircraft, there is a need for high strength weight ratio. This can be achieved by composite consisting of low density (and soft) matrix reinforced with stiff fibres. Now a day’s attention has been focused in the development of natural fibre composite due to their low cost and easy renewability. In this investigation the mechanical properties of Hybrid fibre reinforced vinyl ester composites were analysed based on volume percentage and length of fibre ,similarly single natural fibre composite were developed to compare the properties .The tensile and impact strength increase with fibre length and fibre content ,on the other hand flexural strength decrease with fibre length and content.

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@article{gopinathanncrtam011002,
title = "Comparison of Mechanical Performance of Hybrid Viny-based Composites reinforced with Coir/Sisal and Sisal/Kenaf Fibres ",
journal = "International Journal of Science and Engineering Applications (IJSEA)",
volume = "NCRTAM",
number = "1",
pages = "04 - 07",
year = "2013",
author = "T. Gopinathan, R. Deepak Kumar ",
}