Life Cycle Study on a Natural Fibre Reinforced Component

A Review: Natural Fiber Composites Selection in View of Mechanical, Light Weight, and Economic Properties

“…Wötzel's study clearly supports the justification for the substitution of ABS with hemp fiber composite for automobile side panels. Schmidt and Beyer also evaluated the LCA and recommended the substitution of the glass fibers with hemp fibers for automobile insulation panels. A weight reduction of 26% was obtained by replacing glass fiber insulation panels (3 100 g) with hemp fiber insulation panels (2 600 g).…”

Curauá fibers in the automobile industry – a sustainability assessment

“…The same effect has been demonstrated for other natural fibers. Wötzel et al [25] calculated an LCA for a hemp/epoxy-car door panel, Schmidt and Meyer [26] have assessed the environmental impact of a hemp/PPbased car insulation and Corbière-Nicollier et al [27] have done an LCA for a China reed-PP transport pallet. In all three studies the natural fiber composite part was approx.…”

Mechanical and Dynamic Mechanical Analysis of Woven Banana/Epoxy Composite

“…In order to improve properties of the polymers, fibers are reinforced with them to form polymer matrix composite [1]. Due to the environmental and health hazard possessed by the glass fibers during manufacturing and fabrication it is been slowly replaced by natural fiber based composite because of its superior environmental performance [2].Works carried out by Corbiere et al [3], Schmidt and Beyer [4] and Wotzel [5] shows that the natural fiber based composite can successfully replace the synthetic fiber composite at low density with equivalent properties. Banana cultivation is one of the important source of income for villagers in Asian countries especially India.…”