dc.contributor.author |
Xu, Xun |
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dc.contributor.author |
Jayaraman, Krishnan |
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dc.contributor.author |
Morin, C |
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dc.contributor.author |
Pecqueux, N |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2011-07-24T22:10:04Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2008-03-03 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Journal of Materials Processing Technology 198(1-3):168-177 2008 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0924-0136 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/7092 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Composites of polymers reinforced with natural fibres have received increasing attention. Natural fibres such as sisal, flax, jute and wood-fibres possess good reinforcing capability when properly compounded with polymers. These natural fibre-reinforced composites find a wide array of applications in the building and construction industry and the automobile industry. The use of natural fibres in composite materials does not automatically make it a "sustainable material", i.e. "natural" may not necessarily equal "environment friendly". The literature in the field of natural fibre-reinforced composites with respect to their environmental standing is reviewed in this paper. A life cycle assessment has been carried out for wood-fibre-reinforced polypropylene composite preforms produced by compression moulding in comparison with those of polypropylene. Three levels of fibre contents, 10%, 30% and 50% by mass, have been used. The level of environmental impact caused by transportation is also studied. This study introduces a new term called "material service density", which is defined as the volume of material satisfying a specific strength requirement (tensile strength in this study). The rationale behind this is that specific volumes of different materials are required to withstand a given mechanical load (tensile load in this case). Comparison of the material service density for two materials: wood-fibre-reinforced composite and polypropylene are conducted. The results showed that when material service density is used as the functional unit, wood-fibre-reinforced composite demonstrated superior environmental friendliness compared to polypropylene. |
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dc.language |
EN |
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dc.publisher |
Elsevier B.V. |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Journal of Materials Processing Technology |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Details obtained from http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0924-0136/ |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.subject |
wood-fibre |
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dc.subject |
polypropylene |
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dc.subject |
composite |
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dc.subject |
life cycle assessment |
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dc.subject |
natural fibre composite |
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dc.subject |
ENVIRONMENTAL-IMPACT |
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dc.subject |
DECISION-MAKING |
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dc.subject |
CUTTING FLUID |
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dc.subject |
PERFORMANCE |
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dc.title |
Life Cycle Assessment of Wood-fibre Reinforced Polypropylene Composites |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2007.06.087 |
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pubs.issue |
1-3 |
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pubs.begin-page |
168 |
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pubs.volume |
198 |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: 2007 Elsevier B.V. |
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pubs.end-page |
177 |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
97148 |
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pubs.org-id |
Engineering |
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pubs.org-id |
Mechanical Engineering |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2010-09-01 |
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