Natural fibre composites: Materials, processes and applications

The use of natural fibres as reinforcements in composites has grown in importance. Natural fibre composites summarises significant recent research in this area. Chapters in part one introduce and explore the structure, properties, processing and applications of natural fibre reinforcements including those made from wood and cellulosic fibres. Part two describes the processing of natural fibre composites. Chapters discuss ethical practices in the processing of green composites, manufacturing methods and compression and injection molding techniques for natural fibre composites, and thermoset matrix natural fibre-reinforced composites. Part three highlights the testing and properties of natural fibre composites including non-destructive and high strain rate testing.