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The awareness for developing an eco-friendly industry based on green materials, sustainable technologies and optimum process with less environmental impact are a general societal consciousness, but it is still a considerable challenge to achieve. The biodegradable structural materials [...]

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Nowadays, glass fiber reinforced polyester laminates are widely used in manufacturing small ship hulls by hand lay-up. The main drawbacks of the use of these composite materials are: the dependence of hydrocarbons on the synthesis of resins, the high energy cost to obtain glass [...]

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In this work, new biocomposites were manufactured and mechanically tested. A resin from natural resources (SuperSap®) was reinforced by a bidirectional flax and oak wood laminates.

Normalized tensile and three-point bending tests were performed and it was observed [...]

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This work is oriented towards the search of new materials friendly to the environment, for this the mechanical and thermal characterization of the natural fiber of Cumare (Astrocaryum chambira) was carried out by tensile and TGA tests, respectively. Subsequently, the biocomposite [...]