Kumar K. Biodegradable Composites. Materials, Manufacturing and Engineering 2019

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With conventional materials contributing greatly to environmental waste, biodegradable and natural composites have grown in interest and display low environmental impact at low cost across a wide range of applications. This book provides an overview of different biodegradable and natural composites and focuses on efforts into increasing their mechanical performance to extend their capabilities and applications.
A rapidly developing field.
Covers natural materials usage in place of current synthetically produced materials.
An insight into plant-based biodegradable composites
Corn (maize) – its fibers, polymers, composites, and applications: A review
Production of Biodegradable Composites from Agricultural Waste: A Review
Natural fiber-based biocomposites: Effect of orientation on mechanical properties
Mechanical properties of bamboo yarn: A biodegradable composite material for structural works
Aggrandized flexural properties of assorted natural biological materials
Hygrothermoelastic behaviour Natural fibers based composites: Mechanisms and formalism
Influence of drilling parameters on the thrust force and mechanical properties of biodegradable particleboard composite panels: A review
A numerical study of rotating functionally graded annular fin