Cement industry: sustainability, challenges and perspectives

FA Rodrigues, I Joekes - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2011 - Springer
Cement-based materials, such as concrete and mortars, are used in extremely large
amounts. For instance, in 2009 concrete production was superior to 10 billion tons. Cement …

[HTML][HTML] Recycling concepts for short-fiber-reinforced and particle-filled thermoplastic composites: A review

A Pegoretti - Advanced Industrial and Engineering Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Short-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites (SFRTCs) and particle-filled thermoplastic
composites (PFTCs) are widely used in various industrial sectors, from automotive to …

Recycling of sisal fiber reinforced polypropylene and polylactic acid composites: Thermo-mechanical properties, morphology, and water absorption behavior

C Ngaowthong, M Borůvka, L Běhálek, P Lenfeld… - Waste Management, 2019 - Elsevier
The effect of recycling on the thermo-mechanical and water absorption behavior of
polypropylene (PP)/sisal fiber and polylactic acid (PLA)/sisal fiber composites were studied …

[PDF][PDF] Combined multi-criteria evaluation stage technique as an agro waste evaluation indicator for polymeric composites: date palm fibers as a case study

FM Al-Oqla, MS Sapuan, MR Ishak… - …, 2014 - bioresources.cnr.ncsu.edu
The final features of natural fiber composites (NFCs) depend on the integrated
characteristics of their constituents. In the industry today, natural agro waste fibers are …

Review of the main factors controlling the fracture toughness and impact strength properties of natural composites

AY Al-Maharma, P Sendur - Materials Research Express, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The main critical factors, which have direct influence on the fracture toughness and imapct
strength properties of natural fibers composites, are reviewed in details in this paper …

Analysis of the mechanical behaviour of flax and glass fabrics-reinforced thermoplastic and thermoset resins

A Chilali, W Zouari, M Assarar… - Journal of Reinforced …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper aims at comparing the mechanical behaviour of different composite materials
constituted of twill flax and glass fabrics-reinforced liquid thermoplastic and thermoset …

Agricultural-waste Sesamum indicum L./recycled-low density polyethylene bio-composites: Impact of gamma radiation on mechanical and thermal properties

N Bansal, S Ahuja, S Lal… - Journal of Reinforced …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Composites synthesized from natural waste and recycled plastic is quite a promising and
interesting field for scientists and polymer industries. In the present study, bio-composites …

Influence of constituents and process parameters on mechanical properties of flax fibre-reinforced polyamide 11 composite

Y Lebaupin, M Chauvin, TQT Hoang… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Flax unidirectional (UD) fabrics and polyamide 11 (PA11) are used to create a 100% bio-
sourced composite. The fabrication process is hot press moulding. Different configurations …

3D polymer composite filament development from post‐consumer polypropylene and disposable chopstick fillers

YA Tan, MY Chan, SC Koay… - Journal of Vinyl and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study focused on the development of three‐dimensional (3D) polymer composite
filament made of disposable chopstick (DC) and post‐consumer polypropylene (PPP). The …

[HTML][HTML] Upcycling Post-Consumer Paint Pail Plastic Waste

R Balu, S Sharma, R Roberts, J Vongsvivut… - Polymers, 2024 - mdpi.com
The need for ending plastic waste and creating a circular economy has prompted significant
interest in developing a new family of composite materials through recycling and recovery of …