[HTML][HTML] Environmental benign natural fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites: A review

H Awais, Y Nawab, A Amjad, A Anjang, HM Akil… - Composites Part C …, 2021 - Elsevier
The automotive and aerospace industries are in continuous struggle towards the
development of lightweight components to improve fuel efficiency. Thermoplastic matrix …

Recent advances in fibre-hybrid composites: materials selection, opportunities and applications

Y Swolfs, I Verpoest… - International Materials …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Fibre-hybrid composites are composed of two or more fibre types in a matrix. Such
composites offer more design freedom than non-hybrid composites. The aim is often to …

[HTML][HTML] Manufacture and characterisation of thermoplastic composites made from PLA/hemp co-wrapped hybrid yarn prepregs

B Baghaei, M Skrifvars, L Berglin - Composites Part A: Applied Science and …, 2013 - Elsevier
PLA/hemp co-wrapped hybrid yarns were produced by wrapping PLA filaments around a
core composed of a 400twists/m and 25 tex hemp yarn (Cannabis sativa L) and 18 tex PLA …

Different production processes for thermoplastic composite materials: sustainability versus mechanical properties and processes parameter

M Valente, I Rossitti, M Sambucci - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Up to now, fiber-reinforced composites with thermoplastic matrix have seen limited fields of
use in the structural scope due to their high viscosity in the molten state, which results in …

[HTML][HTML] Novel aligned hemp fibre reinforcement for structural biocomposites: Porosity, water absorption, mechanical performances and viscoelastic behaviour

B Baghaei, M Skrifvars, M Salehi, T Bashir… - Composites Part A …, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper examines the thermal and mechanical behaviour as well as moisture absorption
of aligned hemp composites using hemp/PLA wrap spun yarns. Uniaxial composites were …

[HTML][HTML] Impact damage tolerance of thermoset composites reinforced with hybrid commingled yarns

E Selver, P Potluri, P Hogg, C Soutis - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper examines the potential of low-cost thermoplastic fibres in improving the impact
damage resistance and damage tolerance of thermoset (glass-epoxy) composites …

Specific features of flax fibres used to manufacture composite materials

C Baley, M Gomina, J Bréard, A Bourmaud… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
The use of composite materials reinforced by flax fibres has been increasing steadily over
the last 20 years. These fibres show attractive mechanical properties but also some …

[HTML][HTML] Poly (lactic acid) fibre reinforced biodegradable composites

W Jia, RH Gong, PJ Hogg - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
This study focuses on the development of fully biodegradable poly (lactic acid)(PLA) fibre
reinforced PLA and poly (butylene succinate)(PBS) matrix composites in order to reduce the …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of thermoplastic natural fibre composites made from woven hybrid yarn prepregs with different weave pattern

B Baghaei, M Skrifvars, L Berglin - Composites Part A: Applied Science and …, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the effect of weave structure on mechanical behaviour and moisture
absorption of the PLA/hemp woven fabric composites made by compression moulding. The …

Fibrous polymeric composites

SA Mirdehghan - Engineered polymeric fibrous materials, 2021 - Elsevier
This chapter is intended to provide the reader with an overview of the production and
properties of fibers and preforms commonly used as reinforcements in the fabrication of …