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Discusses the latest results in academia and industry on green composites. Existing machinability problems like low processability and reduction of the ductility are addressed and discussed in relation to use of adhesion promoters, additives or chemical modification of the filler to overcome these problems. Recent industrial efforts to minimize the environmental impact, e.g. biodegradable polymer matrix, renewable sources complete the approach.
Addresses the need for more environmental friendly and versatile polymer-based materials: polymer composites filled with natural-organic fillers, i.e. fillers coming from renewable sources and biodegradable.
Green composite materials from liquefied biomass
Tribological aspects of natural fiber composites
Development and characterization of novel fiber reinforced hybrid friction composites
Machining defects in green composites
GUSMRC – From concept to structural application