Advances in Natural Fibre Composites: Raw Materials, Processing and Analysis

Front Matter ....Pages i-xii
 Potential of Hemp in Thermoplastic Biocomposites—The Effect of Fibre Structure  (Kirsi Immonen, Panu Lahtinen, Panu Isokangas, Katariina Torvinen)....Pages 1-11
 Industrial Hemp Transformation for Composite Applications: Influence of Processing Parameters on the Fibre Properties  (Vincent Placet, Camille François, Arnaud Day, Johnny Beaugrand, Pierre Ouagne)....Pages 13-25
 Use of Sugar Cane Fibers for Composites—A Short Review  (Nívea Taís Vila, Ana Luiza Musialak, Alexandre Ferreira)....Pages 27-35
 Evaluation of the Extraction Efficiency of Enzymatically Treated Flax Fibers  (Jana De Prez, Aart Willem Van Vuure, Jan Ivens, Guido Aerts, Ilse Van de Voorde)....Pages 37-49
 Influence of Coupling Agent on the Properties of Polypropylene Composites Reinforced with Palm Fibers  (Ingriddy R. Dantas, Noelle C. Zanini, Joyce P. Cipriano, Maria R. Capri, Daniella R. Mulinari)....Pages 51-59
 Effect of Time-Dependent Process Temperature Variation During Manufacture of Natural-Fibre Composites  (Hossein Mohammad Khanlou, Peter Woodfield, Wayne Hall, John Summerscales)....Pages 61-67
 About Nonlinear Behavior of Unidirectional Plant Fibre Composite  (Christophe Poilâne, Florian Gehring, Haomiao Yang, Fabrice Richard)....Pages 69-79
 Investigating the Transient Response of Hybrid Composite Materials Reinforced with Flax and Glass Fibres  (Mehmet Cihan, James I.R. Blake, Adam Sobey)....Pages 81-88
 The Response of Manicaria saccifera Natural Fabric Reinforced PLA Composites to Impact by Fragment Simulating Projectiles  (Sebastian Quintero, Alicia Porras, Camilo Hernandez, Alejandro Maranon)....Pages 89-98
 Advances in Natural Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastic Composite Manufacturing: Effect of Interface and Hybrid Yarn Structure on Composite Properties  (Mahadev Bar, R. Alagirusamy, Apurba Das)....Pages 99-117
 Environmental Friendly Thermoplastic Composite Laminates Reinforced with Jute Fabric  (Pietro Russo, Giorgio Simeoli, Valentina Lopresto, Antonio Langella, Ilaria Papa)....Pages 119-126
 Selection Chart of Flame Retardants for Natural Fiber Polymer Composites  (A. Elsabbagh, A. Ramzy, T. Attia, G. Ziegmann)....Pages 127-134
 Mechanical Properties of Raffia Fibres Reinforced Geopolymer Composites  (Kinga Korniejenko, Michał Łach, Janusz Mikuła)....Pages 135-144
 Sustainable Composites Based on Pine Resin and Flax Fibre  (R. Ribeiro, A. T. Marques, J. L. Alves)....Pages 145-157
 Development and Characterization of Microcrystalline Cellulose Based Novel Multi-scale Biocomposites  (Sohel Rana, Shama Parveen, Subramani Pichandi, Raul Fangueiro)....Pages 159-173
 Investigation of Mechanical and Thermomechanical Properties of Nanocellulose Coated Jute/Green Epoxy Composites  (Abdul Jabbar, Jiří Militký, Azam Ali, Muhammad Usman Javed)....Pages 175-194
 The Use of Sedimentation for the Estimation of Aspect Ratios of Charged Cellulose Nanofibrils  (Amaka Joy Onyianta, Rhodri Williams)....Pages 195-203
 Electrical Conductivity of PLA Films Reinforced With Carbon Nano Particles from Waste Acrylic Fibers  (Salman Naeem, Syed Qummer Zia Gilani, Vijay Baheti, Jakub Wiener, Jiri Militky, Saima Javed et al.)....Pages 205-222
 Allocation in the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Flax Fibres for the Reinforcement of Composites  (John Summerscales, Nilmini P. J. Dissanayake)....Pages 223-235
 Applications of Building Insulation Products Based on Natural Wool and Hemp Fibers  (Lorenzo Savio, Daniela Bosia, Alessia Patrucco, Roberto Pennacchio, Gabriele Piccablotto, Francesca Thiebat)....Pages 237-247
 Hemp-Clay Concretes for Environmental Building—Features that Attribute to Drying, Stabilization with Lime, Water Uptake and Mechanical Strength  (Monika Brümmer, Mª Paz Sáez-Pérez, Jorge Durán Suárez)....Pages 249-265
 The Use of Hemp in Building Components for the Development of a Modular House in a Rural Area of Cauca—Colombia  (Elena Piera Montacchini, Mónica Alexandra Muñoz Veloza, Roberto Pennacchio, Lorenzo Savio, Silvia Tedesco)....Pages 267-280