Abstract
Principles and regulation of the European Union in relation to the reduction of CO2 lead to weight lightning of vehicles in the automotive industry. Application of composite materials reinforced with natural fibers (shortcut known as NFRP) causes weight reduction and decreasing of carbon footprint. Natural fibers (sisal, hemp, jute, flax, abaca, sisal, kenaf, cotton, wood fibers, etc.) in composite materials offer a wide range of advantages, such as low value of specific weights, ways of production at low costs, ways recyclability, biodegrades, reduction wear of tooling, healthier conditions, etc. On the other hand, their disadvantages (poor wettability, high level of moisture absorption and debonding, susceptibility to UV light, poor fire resistance) can be influenced by suitable treatment methods – chemical, physical and biological. Presented article is focused on usage of natural fibers in composite materials (with plastic matrix) in automotive industry, where are briefly described methods used in twentieth century, application of NFRP materials in initial vehicle types and future trends.
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This work was funded by the Slovak Research and Development Agency under contract No APVV-21-0228 and the projects VEGA1/0080/20, KEGA 018TUKE-4/2021 were granted by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic and this publication is the result of the Project implementation: Development of excellent research capacities in the field of additive technologies for the industry of the twenty-first century, ITMS: 313011BWN5, supported by the Operational Program Integrated Infrastructure funded by the ERDF.
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Mitaľová, Z., Mitaľ, D., Simkulet, V. (2023). Application of Composite Materials Natural Fibers in Automotive Industry – Short Review. In: Balog, M., Iakovets, A., Hrehova, S. (eds) EAI International Conference on Automation and Control in Theory and Practice . EAI ARTEP 2023. EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31967-9_15
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