Development of natural fiber-reinforced composite with comparable mechanical properties and reduced energy consumption and environmental impacts for replacing automotive glass-fiber sheet molding compound

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 184, Issue , 2018, Pages 92-100

  Wu, Yingji ^a   Xia, Changlei ^a,b   Cai, Liping ^a,b   Garcia, Andres C ^c   Shi, Sheldon Q ^a  

^a Center for Advanced Research and Technology   (United States)

^b NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

Automotive application; Glass fiber sheet molding compound (GF SMC); Life cycle assessment (LCA); Magnesium hydroxide; Natural fibers; Vacuum bag resin transfer molding (VBRTM)

Indexed keywords

AIR INTAKES; AIR POLLUTION; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EUTROPHICATION; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; GLASS FIBERS; GLASS INDUSTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; HEMP; IMPREGNATION; KENAF FIBERS; LIFE CYCLE; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLDING; NATURAL FIBERS; NATURAL RESOURCES; OZONE LAYER; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; RESINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEET MOLDING COMPOUNDS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER POLLUTION;

AUTOMOBILE APPLICATIONS; AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS; CRITERIA AIR POLLUTANTS; GLASS-FIBER SHEETS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT; NATURAL FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES;

RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

EID: 85044448739     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.02.257     Document Type: Article

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