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B. A. Praveena et alii, Fracture and Structural Integrity, 76 (2026) 1-16; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.76.01

Mechanical and morphological evaluation of jute fiber reinforced epoxy composites for sustainable structural and automotive applications

Praveena Bindiganavile Anand Department of Mechanical Engineering Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology (NMIT), Nitte (Deemed to be University), Yelahanka, Bangalore, 560064, Karnataka, India praveen.ba@nmit.ac.in, http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7250-4599

Citation: Praveena, B. A., Mechanical and Morphological Evaluation of Jute Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composites for Sustainable Structural and Automotive Applications, Fracture and Structural Integrity, 76 (2026) 1-16.

Received: 27.11.2025 Accepted: 24.12.2025 Published: 02.01.2026 Issue: 04.2026

Copyright: © 2026 This is an open access article under the terms of the CC-BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

K EYWORDS . Jute fiber, Epoxy composites, Mechanical properties, Morphological test, Natural fiber composites, Sustainable materials.

I NTRODUCTION

he trend towards sustainability, resource conservation and environmentally friendly technologies in the world has increased the curiosity in natural fibre reinforced polymer composites (NFRPCs) in the current years. The common synthetic fibers including glass, carbon, and aramid that are being traditionally used have outstanding mechanical characteristics but have significant weaknesses like expensive, non-biodegradable, energy-consuming manufacturing process and detrimental effects on the environment during production and disposal. These shortcomings have prompted academic and industry researchers to consider natural fibers more often as a potential polymer matrix reinforcement [1]. Jute is one of these natural fibers that have been the focus of much attention because of its merits in terms of mechanical performance, T

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