Description
The book explores the pertinent aspects of sustainability of green and eco-friendly composites including their development methods and processing, characterization, properties, and applications. Significance for the design and engineering of high-performance green and eco-friendly composites is discussed in the present book. Insights on a wide spectrum of potential advanced applications ranging from automotive and aerospace to biomedical and packaging, etc. using these are highlighted. Further, it discusses life cycle and carbon footprint assessment of sustainable materials.
Features:
- Explores different processing methods of green and eco-friendly composites
- Discusses development and optimization of green nanocomposites for sustainable manufacturing
- Collates modern green and eco-friendly composites research from theory to application
- Covers hybridization of reinforced fibers on the performance of green and eco-friendly composites
- Analyzes and discusses calculation of carbon footprint and Life Cycle Assessment of composites
This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in materials science and engineering, sustainable materials, composites, and nanomaterials.
Table of Contents
1. Development and Mechanical Characterization of Light Weight Green Composites for Sustainable Development. 2. Fabrication and Characterization of Green Composite. 3. Effect of Processing on Natural Fibres for Composite Manufacturing. 4. Mechanical Characterization of Labeo Catla and Laevistrombus Canarium Derived Hydroxyapatite-High Density Polyethylene Composite. 5. Fabrication and Characterization of Lead-Free Magnetic-Ferroelectric Green Composites for Spintronic Applications. 6. Hybridization of Reinforced Fibers on the Performance of Green and Eco-Friendly Composites. 7. Fatigue Phenomenon in Natural Fiber Composites. 8. Finite Element Method Formidable in Damage Modelling of Green Composites. 9. Lead-Free Multiferroic BiFeO3 Based Sustainable Green Composites: Applications, Opportunities and Future Challenges. 10. Sustainable Green Composites for Packaging Applications. 11. Sustainable Green Composites for Structural Applications and Its Characteristics: A Review. 12. Synthesis of Ionic Polymer Metal Composites for Robotic Application. 13. Carbon Footprint Analysis of Green Composites. 14. Life Cycle Assessment of Eco-Friendly Composites.
