TY - CHAP
T1 - Natural Fibers in the Automotive Industry
AU - Elseify, Lobna A.
AU - Midani, Mohamad
AU - El-Badawy, Ayman
AU - Jawaid, Mohammad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The need to find a sustainable alternative to the man-made fibers used in reinforcing composites has led the automotive manufacturers and parts suppliers to shift to natural fiber reinforcements. Early versions of natural fiber composite (NFC) were only limited to non-structural parts; however, with the ongoing intensive research, the idea to use NFC in more structural and exterior parts is rapidly expanding. Vegetable fibers are the major class of natural fibers used in the automotive, due to their high specific properties in addition to their high thermal and acoustical insulation. This chapter is dedicated to discussing recent practices on natural fiber composites in the automotive industry. The history of adoption of NFC, from Henry Ford’s hemp car in the 1930 till Polestar flax interior panels in 2020, is presented. The technical data on the materials used, including natural fibers and bio-based matrices, is discussed. Finally, up-to-date statistics on world production and global market of vegetable fibers and bioplastics is provided.
AB - The need to find a sustainable alternative to the man-made fibers used in reinforcing composites has led the automotive manufacturers and parts suppliers to shift to natural fiber reinforcements. Early versions of natural fiber composite (NFC) were only limited to non-structural parts; however, with the ongoing intensive research, the idea to use NFC in more structural and exterior parts is rapidly expanding. Vegetable fibers are the major class of natural fibers used in the automotive, due to their high specific properties in addition to their high thermal and acoustical insulation. This chapter is dedicated to discussing recent practices on natural fiber composites in the automotive industry. The history of adoption of NFC, from Henry Ford’s hemp car in the 1930 till Polestar flax interior panels in 2020, is presented. The technical data on the materials used, including natural fibers and bio-based matrices, is discussed. Finally, up-to-date statistics on world production and global market of vegetable fibers and bioplastics is provided.
KW - Automotive
KW - Bioplastics
KW - Composites
KW - Natural fiber reinforcements
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85127772613
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-83025-0_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-83025-0_1
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85127772613
T3 - SpringerBriefs in Materials
SP - 1
EP - 10
BT - SpringerBriefs in Materials
PB - Springer
ER -