Green composite materials for green technology in the automotive industry. Issue 1 (June 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kurien, Rittin Abraham; Selvaraj, D Philip; Sekar, M; Koshy, Chacko Preno
• Is Part Of: IOP conference series. Volume 872:Issue 1(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-06
• Subjects: Materials science -- Periodicals; 620.1105
• DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/872/1/012064
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1757-8981

Abstract

Abstract: The utilization of inexhaustible assets is a significant achievement towards viable individual versatility. Using natural fibers is a worthwhile input towards the ecological mindful of individual transportation. There were numerous advantages related with green initiative which includes better acoustic properties, weight and cost saving potential along with better working conditions. This research contributes a review in the expansive field of green composites searching out for materials with possibilities to be applied on vehicle body parts. The usefulness of the regular fiber composites for car industry was outlined. In addition, this work distinguishes a different method for assessing natural fiber composites compared with general desired criteria. This leads to a situation that natural fiber is no longer an environmental waste by its large scale industrial application which is being discussed here. Here different criteria levels were given to the categorize natural fibers. This criteria serves as a basic tool for the engineers while selecting the natural fiber composites based on its practical application. The automobile business is in the driving seat of green composites since it is here that the need is most prominent. Today we're not offering materials that will change the landscape in the way that metal replacement did, but we are beginning to offer natural fiber composites that will present improvements, particularly in areas such as impact resistance, chemical resistance and, in some cases, process cost.