Polymer composites based on natural fillers are currently attracting great attention as alternative materials to glass or synthetic fibre reinforced plastics in several applications, mostly for automotive, appliance and packaging products. The main advantage of employing natural fibres is that these are biodegradable and renewable, and exhibit low cost, low density and high toughness. However t...

Fibre-reinforced concrete (FRC) has been increasingly used in construction for several decades to reduce crack growth by incorporating one or two types of fibre reinforced elements under the static load. This paper intends investigate experimentally how hybrid systems (micro and macro polypropylene fibres steel fibres) can enhance performance RC beams subjected loading restricting development m...

This work is focused on the modification of interphase zone in short flax fibres / polypropylene (PP) composites by a bio-inspired called “nanostructuration” that uses adsorption biomass by-products, i.e. cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) and xyloglucan (XG), to create hierarchical fibres. The wettability interfacial adhesion study reveals strong decrease polar character CNC modified fibres, hence i...

• Recycling of polypropylene fibre reinforced concrete was investigated. Three generations recycled aggregate were produced, tested and recycled. The content fibres recovered by recycling embedded in quantified. Results show the benefits using new concrete. Herein, an investigation multi-generational recyclability (PPFRC) performed. parent concretes produced with 0 6 kg/m 3 fibres. After recycl...

This work describes flax fibre reinforced polymeric composites with recent developments. The properties of flax fibres, as well as advanced fibre treatments such as mercerization, silane treatment, acylation, peroxide treatment and coatings for the enhancement of flax/matrix incompatibility are presented. The characteristic properties and characterizations of flax composites on various polymers...