THE POTENTIAL APPLICATION OF NATURAL FIBER REINFORCED BIO-POLYMER (NFRBP) COMPOSITES IN ARCHITECTURE

摘要

With growing environmental consciousness and the use of petroleum based products in the production of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites arises an increased opportunity to use renewable bio-based polymers and fibers towards the fabrication of Natural Fiber Reinforced Bio-Polymers (NFRbP). Towards this, theoretical estimates of the tensile, flexural and compressive properties of NFRbP sections were made using varied published properties and comparatively assessed versus a steel baseline.rnFrom the publicized documentation of professional associations, and the research of both Commercial and Academic leaders, this study presents a comparative analysis of strength properties and life-cycle benefits of both green and petroleum based pultruded composite sections over typical construction methods.