A preliminary study of physical and mechanical properties of sustainable hemp fibers based composite materials for building insulated walls

ECCM 2012 - Composites at Venice, Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Composite Materials

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Motori, A ^a   Manzi, S ^a   Montecchi, M ^b   Canti, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CMF TECHNOLOGY SPA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hemp fibers; Mechanical and physical properties; Sustainability; Thermal insulation

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; HEMP; HEMP FIBERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMAL INSULATION;

CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; INSULATED WALLS; MECHANICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MICRO-STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PRODUCTION CHAIN; THERMAL-INSULATING;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

COMPOSITES; HEMP; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL INSULATION;

EID: 84903975461     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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