All natural composite sandwich beams for structural applications

By M. Dweib, B. Hu, A. O’Donnell, H. Shenton, R. Wool. 2004

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A Review on Pineapple Leaves Fibre and Its Composites (2015, unknown): “A poor contact between PALF and matrix are prone to moisture intake and ultimately degradation through insects and pests [31, 141].”
Compounding and molding of polyethylene composites reinforced with keratin feather fiber (2005, background): “[26,27] use a vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding process to mold feather fiber composites from epoxidized soybean oil.”
A review of current development in natural fiber composites for structural and infrastructure applications (2010, unknown): “[34].”
Novel nanocomposites based on polyurethane and micro fibrillated cellulose (2008, background): “Cellulose materials which can be prepared at the nano size as well, has attracted attention for reinforcing different polymers [1, 3, 6-8].”
Polyethylene reinforced with keratin fibers obtained from chicken feathers (2005, background): “[20] use a vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding process to mold recycled paper/feather fiber composites from epoxidized soybean oil.”
Industrial applications of natural fibre-reinforced polymer composites – challenges and opportunities (2018, methodology): “Structural beams and panels were fabricated and tested for NFPCs especially on bio-based polymers (Dweib et al. 2004, 2006).”