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Aditya Arvind Yadav , Sanjay Ghodawat Institutes, Atigre; Shantanu Shivanand Kulkarni ,Sanjay Ghodawat Institutes, Atigre; Anamika Mahadev Pol ,Sanjay Ghodawat Institutes, Atigre; Narayan Umakant Takle ,Sanjay Ghodawat Institutes, Atigre; Tanaji Balawant Shinde ,Sanjay Ghodawat Institutes, Atigre

Plastics find the major application in automobile components and the interiors and exterior furnishings. There are many applications of plastics in automobile ranging from power trains, under the hood and chassis. Polypropylene (PP) is been widely used in the automobile sector in recent years. Polyurethane (PU), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and polyethylene (PE) are the major plastics used that have been great demand in automobile engineering. But after certain period these plastics begin the degradation process, thus the use of the reinforced plastic is been on the large scale. These reinforced plastics are degradable in nature. Its high time need to test the reinforced plastic under impact load and energy levels.