Most of the decisions taken during the early design and development steps of a new product
compromise a large part of its cost, including its environmental footprint and energy …

Composite materials search a combination of the properties of the phases that compose
such materials. In the case of natural fiber composites, as an alternative to mineral fiber …

In this study, tensile properties of abaca-reinforced HDPE and BioPE composites have been
researched. The strength of the interface between the matrix and the reinforcement of a …

The present paper explores the aptness of old newspapers as a source of reinforcing fibers
for composite materials. Different percentages of newspaper fibers, obtained by wet (ONPF) …

As a traditional general plastic, polypropylene (PP) has been widely used in daily life. Glass
fibers are often used to further reinforce the properties of PP for its application in engineering …

The search of more environmentally friendly material is not an end in itself. Such materials
must also show competitive mechanical properties, comparative prices and a good …

Textile industry produces a high amount of residues that, nowadays, are poorly managed.
The majority of such wastes are dumped and landfilled. Among all the textile value chain …

An increasing environmental consciousness on society led to the development of materials
with a lower environmental impact. In this sense, in the recent years, the substitution of …

Micromechanics models allow the prediction of a composite material's properties by adding
their phases' contributions to such properties. The models can be used to obtain the intrinsic …

Agricultural wastes are an alternative to the use of wood in plastic composites, thanks to
their abundance, easy availability and other environmental and economic advantages …