Sustainable development is increasingly becoming a priority of governments and businesses, which is driven by growing environmental awareness. Academic research and industrial development is broadly exploring new ways to create greener and environmentally friendlier materials for a variety of applications in a number of sectors, including aeronautics, automotive, and construction industry. The “4th International Conference on Innovative Natural Fibre Composites for Industrial Applications”, planned for October 2013, following the success of the three previous conferences held in Rome in October 2007, April 2009 and October 2011, is a good opportunity to investigate the items raised during the round table discussion which ended the last edition (interface, compatibility, bio-resins, toughness, impact, nanomaterials, etc.). The 4th Conference aims to make a concrete contribution to our society, from the scientific community working on novel applications of natural fibres and in the development of new “green composites” and renewable nanomaterials. The most recent trends of research in this field aim at exploiting the principal advantages of natural fibre reinforcements, such as lightweight, worldwide availability, ease of recycling, sustainability, renewability, thermal and acoustic insulation, lower manufacturing energy and carbon dioxide neutrality. These advantages of natural fibre composites are now more easily quantified through the use of Life Cycle Analysis methodology. This Conference will provide a forum for discussions involving composite users, leading suppliers, engineers, producers, environmentalists, researchers and technicians from industry and universities to share their experience, to present their latest results, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the use of natural fibres, analyze the state of the art and future applications. Another objective will be supplying common ground for future collaborations e.g., in European projects.
4th International Conference on Innovative Natural Fibre Composites for Industrial Applications / Scarponi, Claudio. - (2013).
4th International Conference on Innovative Natural Fibre Composites for Industrial Applications
SCARPONI, Claudio
2013
Abstract
Sustainable development is increasingly becoming a priority of governments and businesses, which is driven by growing environmental awareness. Academic research and industrial development is broadly exploring new ways to create greener and environmentally friendlier materials for a variety of applications in a number of sectors, including aeronautics, automotive, and construction industry. The “4th International Conference on Innovative Natural Fibre Composites for Industrial Applications”, planned for October 2013, following the success of the three previous conferences held in Rome in October 2007, April 2009 and October 2011, is a good opportunity to investigate the items raised during the round table discussion which ended the last edition (interface, compatibility, bio-resins, toughness, impact, nanomaterials, etc.). The 4th Conference aims to make a concrete contribution to our society, from the scientific community working on novel applications of natural fibres and in the development of new “green composites” and renewable nanomaterials. The most recent trends of research in this field aim at exploiting the principal advantages of natural fibre reinforcements, such as lightweight, worldwide availability, ease of recycling, sustainability, renewability, thermal and acoustic insulation, lower manufacturing energy and carbon dioxide neutrality. These advantages of natural fibre composites are now more easily quantified through the use of Life Cycle Analysis methodology. This Conference will provide a forum for discussions involving composite users, leading suppliers, engineers, producers, environmentalists, researchers and technicians from industry and universities to share their experience, to present their latest results, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the use of natural fibres, analyze the state of the art and future applications. Another objective will be supplying common ground for future collaborations e.g., in European projects.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
