Composites Based on Natural Fibre Fabrics

By G. Cicala, G. Cristaldi, G. Recca, A. Latteri. 2010

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In the latest years industry is attempting to decrease the dependence on petroleum based fuels and products due to the increased environmental consciousness. This is leading to the need to investigate environmentally friendly, sustainable materials to replace existing ones. The tremendous increase of production and use of plastics in every sector of our life lead to huge plastic wastes. Disposal problems, as well as strong regulations and criteria for cleaner and safer environment, have directed great part of the scientific research toward ecocomposite materials. Among the different types of eco-composites those which contain natural fibers (NF) and natural polymers have a key role. Since few years polymeric biodegradable matrices have appeared as commercial products, however their high price represents the main restriction to wide usage. Currently the most viable way toward ecofriendly composites is the use of natural fibres as reinforcement. Natural fibres represent a traditional class of renewable materials which, nowadays, are experiencing a great revival. In the latest years there have been many researches developed in the field of natural fibre reinforced plastics (Bledzki & Gassan, 1999). Most of them are based on the study of the mechanical properties of composites reinforced with short fibers. The components obtained therefore are mostly used to produce non-structural parts for the automotive industry such as covers, car doors panels and car roofs ( Magurno, 1999, John at al., 2008) (Fig.1,2).

Subfields: General Materials Science, Polymers and Plastics

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Citations in the corpus

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