Available online at www.sciencedirect.com ScienceDirect Materials Today: Proceedings 18 (2019) 3247–3251 www.materialstoday.com/proceedings 2214-7853© 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the 9th International Conference of Materials Processing and Characterization, ICMPC-2019 ICMPC-2019 Tribological behavior of natural fiber reinforced epoxy based composites: A review Rajiv Kumar a* , Ankush Anand a a School of Mechanical Engineering, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra-182320, J&K, India Abstract Engineers, material scientists are always striving to come up with improved performance of existing materials or completely new materials. The continuing quest for the materials with lower cost, higher strength and lighter in weight is the reason behind this. Polymer composites are the results of such extensive research and development in the field of materials. Stringent environmental guidelines by government bodies and global energy crisis have paved the way for natural fiber reinforcement in place of synthetic fiber reinforcement for polymeric composites. Tribological study of these composites is the new research area for researchers. As various mechanical systems fail due to the tribology involved in the system. The focus of this study is on the tribological behavior of natural fiber reinforced epoxy based composites. As epoxy resin is most widely used resin in polymeric composites due to its excellent mechanical properties and ease in processing. Therefore, study focuses only on the works carried out by various researchers in the field of tribology on epoxy based composites. This work will help those researchers which are interested in tribology of natural fibre reinforced epoxy based composites. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the 9th International Conference of Materials Processing and Characterization, ICMPC-2019 Keywords:Natural Fiber; Epoxy resin; Composites; Friction; Wear 1. Introduction The increase in demand for high performance engineering materials [1-3] has paved the way for extensive research and development in the field of composites materials [4]. Composites have a significant impact on material world and also the quickest growing industries. Within last five to six decades, a rapid increase in production of polymeric composites (incorporating synthetic fibers in various polymers) has been observed. * Corresponding author. E-mail address: rajivattri20@gmail.com