Green Composites for Automotive Applications

Herausgegeben:Koronis, Georgios; Silva, Arlindo

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Green Composites for Automotive Applications presents cutting-edge, comprehensive reviews on the industrial applications of green composites. The book provides an elaborative assessment of both academic and industrial research on eco-design, durability issues, environmental performance, and future trends. Particular emphasis is placed on the processing and characterization of green composites, specific types of materials, such as thermoset and thermoplastic, nanocomposites, sandwich, and polymer biofoams. Additional sections cover lifecycle and risk analysis. As such, this book is an essential reference resource for R&D specialists working in materials science, automotive, chemical, and environmental engineering, as well as R&D managers in industry.

Produktdetails

• Woodhead Publishing Series in Composites Science and Engineering
• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology / Woodhead Publishing
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: C2016-0-04188-8
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 15mm x 150mm x 229mm
• Gewicht: 530g
• ISBN-13: 9780081021774
• Artikelnr.: 51250175

Autorenporträt

Dr. Georgios Koronis is a Post Doc Research Fellow in the International Design Centre of Singapore University of Technology and Design. His current research interests include predicting natural composite durability via nondestructive methods aiming on understanding in more depth the mechanical behavior of natural fiber reinforced composites using both experimental and analytical/numerical methods. He obtained his PhD under a research grant by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology on the Doctoral Program of Engineering Design and Advanced Manufacturing at the University of Lisbon - Portugal. During that time, he evaluated and investigated in depth a series of green composite materials for automobile applications in order to replace conventional polymer composites. He has been an invited peer reviewer for a number of scientific journals in the area of advanced and natural based composite materials.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to 'Green Composites' in the Automotive Industry Georgios Koronis and Arlindo Silva

Part 1: Processing and Characterization of Green Composites 1. Surface modification of natural fibers in biopolymer composites Juliana Cruz, Diana Ferreira and RAUL FANGUEIRO 2. Flammability performance of bio-composites Maya John

Part 2: Thermosetting and Thermoplastic materials for structural applications 3. Green thermoset reinforced biocomposites Samson Rwahwire 4. Green composites on automotive interior parts: a solution using cellulosic fibers. Nuno Calçada Loureiro 5. Eco-impact assessment of a hood made of a ramie reinforced composite Georgios Koronis 6. Production and modification of nanofibrillated cellulose composites and potential applications Md Nazrul Islam

Part 3: Nanomaterials and additive manufacturing composites 7. Nanocomposites with nano-fibers and fillers from renewable resources Naheed Saba 8. 3D-printing technologies and composite materials for structural applications Rajkumar Velu 9. Bio-Composites: Present Trends and Challenges for The Future Zoheb Karim

Part 4: Life Cycle Assessment and Risk Analysis 10. Risk-sensitive Life Cycle Assessment of natural fibres for automotive applications Anja Schmidt 11. Ramie and Jute as natural fibres in automotive composite parts - a life cycle engineering comparison with Aluminium Paulo Peças 12. Recycling processes and issues in natural fiber-reinforced polymer composites Sibele Piedade Cestari