BioComposites in Challenging Automotive Applications
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This paper presents the results of a recently completed European Commission partfunded consortium project with the aim of developing biocomposites for challenging applications. This aim incorporates developing the material and processing approaches and evaluating demonstrator products. This paper gives the results of several automotive parts evaluated including automotive panels and structural beams.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009