Thermal Properties of Natural and Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Composites

automotive makers, such as Audi, Volkswagen, Toyota, Daimler-Benz, Volvo, Ford, etc., use NFRCs to produce components.The continually growing demands for lightweight and fuel-efficient vehicles will further push the growth of NFRCs in the automotive market.There are other exciting market trends going forward in many different industries.For example, tri-dimensional hybrid natural fiber reinforcement preforms have been used recently by sports car manufacturers, such as Porsche and even McLaren in Formula 1 .Other applications of NFRCs include sport equipment, musical instruments, aerospace, construction industry [12-14], and ballistic armour [15,16].Several types of natural fibers are currently used in industry, such as jute, sisal, oil palm, kenaf, and flax, which are well established in the global market with a well-defined production line.However, new promising natural fibers are being discovered and used on a smaller scale or are still being used only for research.This is the case of the buriti and curauáfibers, for example, that still need some improvements in their production line to be more commercially affordable and reach widespread use [17,18].They are used as reinforcement