Comparative impact assessment for flax fibre versus conventional glass fibre reinforced composites: Are bio-based reinforcement materials the way to go?

CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-48

  Duflou, Joost R ^a   Yelin, Deng ^a   Van Acker, Karel ^a   Dewulf, Wim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Analysis; Bio composite; Lifecycle

Indexed keywords

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FLAX; GLASS FIBERS; LIFE CYCLE; LINEN; REINFORCEMENT; YARN;

ANALYSIS; BIO-COMPOSITES; CONVENTIONAL STRUCTURES; ENERGY-SAVING EFFECT; GLASS FIBRE REINFORCED; GLASS FIBRE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; REINFORCEMENT MATERIALS;

FIBERS;

EID: 84902537871     PISSN: 00078506     EISSN: 17260604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cirp.2014.03.061     Document Type: Article

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