Increasing scientific interest has occurred concerning the utilization of natural fiber-
enhanced hybrid composites that incorporate one or more types of natural enhancement …

Composites with reinforcements based on bast fibers such as flax, hemp and kenaf offer
many advantages such as weight reduction, improved specific impact, flexural, acoustic …

There is a growing interest in replacing fossil-based polymers and composites with more
sustainable and renewable fully biobased composite materials in automotive, aerospace …

The effect of stacking sequence on the impact damage mechanisms and the matrix-fiber
dependent properties, such as flexural and interlaminar strength, of epoxy hybrid basalt/flax …

Investigation and analysis of the dynamic behavior of composite materials and their failure
resistance are essential. The main aim of this study is to investigate the improvement of …

The rising concern about environmental issues and the need to find a realistic alternative to
glass or carbon-reinforced composites have led to an increased interest in polymer …

Natural fibers are fostered to replace traditional fibers in long-fiber composites due to their
reduced environmental impact. While carbon fibers compete on a league on their own …

In the past decades, sustainable means of transportation have become an important issue
once they are potentially able to supply modern transport needs whilst not harming the …

The purpose of hybridization is to obtain a new material preserving advantages from all of its
constituents. Hybridization offers intermediate properties respect to the original materials, by …

Several studies have been carried out lately in order to evaluate the low-velocity impact
response of polymeric composite materials allying experimental tests to numerical …