The growing ecological and environmental consciousness has driven efforts for
development of new innovative materials for various end-use applications. Polymers …

This article presents a survey of the literature about the numerical forming of continuous fibre
reinforced composite material. This review shows that in spite of some models are defined …

As industry attempts to lessen the dependence on petroleum based fuels and products there
is an increasing need to investigate more environmentally friendly, sustainable materials to …

Over the past decades, the use of plant fibre reinforced composites has increased
significantly due to their many attractive attributes such as high specific strength and …

In this study, argon and air-plasma treatments were used to modify the surface of woodfibres
under suitable treatment parameters to improve the compatibility between woodfibres and …

Plastic products used for packaging are often discarded after a single use resulting in an
inexhaustible supply of waste polymeric materials. The stiffness and strength of polymeric …

Natural fibre-reinforced composites have recently received much attention because of their
attractive properties such as lightweight, non-abrasive, combustible, non-toxic, low cost and …

The low-density state of wood fibres represents a feeding challenge when introduced as
reinforcements in wood fibre–polymer composites manufactured by extruder-based …

Fibre-based packaging materials are widely utilized all over the world. They have several
important advantages in comparison with fossil-based packaging: biodegradability …

Deep drawing is a common sheet metal forming process used to manufacture complicated 3-
D parts from thin sheet metals. In many industries, Deep Drawing is a very important metal …