polymers Review Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites: Manufacturing, Properties, and Applications Dipen Kumar Rajak 1,2,* , Durgesh D. Pagar 3 , Pradeep L. Menezes 4 and Emanoil Linul 5,6,* 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sandip Institute of Technology & Research Centre, Nashik 422212, India 2 Department of Mining Machinery Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad 826004, India 3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, K. K. Wagh Institute of Engineering Education & Research, Nashik 422003, India;
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[email protected] (E.L.); Tel.: +91-9470307646 (D.K.R.); +40-728-44-0886 (E.L.) Received: 20 September 2019; Accepted: 8 October 2019; Published: 12 October 2019 Abstract: Composites have been found to be the most promising and discerning material available in this century. Presently, composites reinforced with fibers of synthetic or natural materials are gaining more importance as demands for lightweight materials with high strength for specific applications are growing in the market. Fiber-reinforced polymer composite offers not only high strength to weight ratio, but also reveals exceptional properties such as high durability; stiffness; damping property; flexural strength; and resistance to corrosion, wear, impact, and fire. These wide ranges of diverse features have led composite materials to find applications in mechanical, construction, aerospace, automobile, biomedical, marine, and many other manufacturing industries.