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Natural fibre composites became a most important and versatile theme of research. This area/theme not only utilizes the agricultural wastes such as rice husk, bagasse fibres, banana fibres, etc. but also provides a new material made from these wastes which are light in weight, have low cost, and have high mechanical strength. Nowadays, there are so many methods available for the processing or fabrication of polymer composites. Some of these methods are hand layup method, injection molding method, compression molding, spray-up method, resin-transfer molding (RTM), etc. In this chapter, we are specifically discussing about the RTM process and their important parameters for manufacturing of the polymer composites. Various mechanical properties and characterization of composite materials made by RTM have also been discussed and reported here.
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Verma, D. (2015). The Manufacturing of Natural Fibre-Reinforced Composites by Resin-Transfer Molding Process. In: Salit, M., Jawaid, M., Yusoff, N., Hoque, M. (eds) Manufacturing of Natural Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07944-8_13
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