Abstract
Recently, natural fibers have achieved great potential to replace synthetic fibers. Researchers have found various advantages of the natural fiber reinforced composites (NFRCs) compared to synthetic fiber composites, like low environmental impact, low cost, reasonably good mechanical properties, high specific strength, non-abrasive, eco-friendly and bio-degradability characteristics. Therefore, NFRCs have great demand in the automobile, aerospace, construction, and household product industry. Several component/products are developed by using NFRCs which need the joining processes. The joining may be done between composite to composite or metal to a polymer. The joining of natural fiber-based composites is mainly done by stitching, mechanical fastening (using screws and nuts or bolts, rivets, clamps etc.), adhesives bonding and microwave heating techniques. This review aims to provide an overview of the reported work on the three different types of joining techniques in natural fiber-based composites in order to provide fundamental information on the issues, methodologies and problems related to their joining behaviour.
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