Coir Fiber and its Composites
By Mohammad Jawaid
- Release Date: 2022-09-26
- Genre: Engineering
Coir Fiber and its Composites: Processing, Properties and Applications presents unified knowledge on eco-friendly coir fiber composites, covering their characterization, design, manufacture and applications. The properties of coir fiber and its extraction and processing are explored in-depth, thus helping researchers, scientists and those working in various industries understand the need of coir fiber composites in the development of green, biodegradable and sustainable components that have potential in real-world applications. The book elaborates on the basic characterization of coir fibers and its composite properties such, including its physical, mechanical, morphological, thermal, structural and chemical properties.
Users will find sound knowledge on coir fiber and its composites, including modern design and manufacture engineering with numerous example illustrations, methods and results that will be valuable for graduate students, researchers and industrialists working in the development of plant-based composite materials. Covers all aspects of coir fibers and their composites, such as cultivation, extraction, processing, modification, composite design, properties and applications Provides an overview of all types of natural fibers and their composites to give an insight on which fiber is suitable for a specific application Presents a comparison in terms of properties, costs, production processes and availability of different fibers Covers lifecycle assessment, case studies on industrial product development, manufacturing and design as well as numerical problems and solutions
