Plant and Animal Based Composites / / ed. by Kaushik Kumar, J. Paulo Davim.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021
• MitwirkendeR: Akkireddy, Anitha,; Babu, B. Sridhar,; Buddi, Tanya,; Godara, S. S.,; Hembrick-Holloman, Vincent,; Jeelani, Shaik,; Kodali, Deepa,; Kumar, Nutenki Shravan,; Kumar, S. Sathees,; Mwema, F. M.,; Rajesh, K. V. Durga,; Rana, R. S.,; Rangari, Vijaya K.,; Ranjan, Chikesh,; Shagwira, Harrison,; Swami, Vinay,; Uzwalkiran, R.,
• HerausgeberIn: Davim, J. Paulo,; Kumar, Kaushik,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Advanced Composites , 13
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XIV, 150 p.)

The increasing demand for environmentally friendly materials and the need for cheaper fibres points the search in the direction of natural products such as bark, leaves, scales or shells. The aim of this book is to provide a forum to review the recent advances in the area of plant and animal-based c...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Preface
• About the editors
• Contents
• List of contributors
• Part I: State of art
• Recent developments in plant and animal fiber-reinforced composite
• Advances in animal/plant–plastic composites: preparation, characterization and applications
• A review of ductile attributes of natural fiber composites
• Part II: Plant-based composite
• Study of plant-based fibers and resins in composites
• Orthopedic application of plant-based composites: a case on orthotic calipers
• Development and mechanical characterization of jute/polypropylene/coir composites
• Mechanical behavior of plant-based composite: a case with rice straw
• Part III: Animal-based composite
• Thermomechanical properties of forcespun polycaprolactone fibers infused with fish scale-based hydroxyapatite
• Index