Porous lightweight composites

reinforced with fibrous structures

Introduction

This   book provides a comprehensive coverage of raw materials, product   design, processing technologies, performance properties, and current  and  prospective applications of diverse lightweight composites  reinforced  with fibrous structures. Contributed by internationally  recognized  experts in lightweight composites, for the first time, this  book

· focuses   on composites reinforced with hollow organic fibers, such as feathers   and straws, and inorganic fibers, such as hollow carbon fibers;

·  covers different technologies, such as 3D weaving, 3D braiding, and  3D  knitting, for development of hollow fibrous structures as   reinforcements;

· provides an overview on technologies, such as foaming and supercritical drying, that induce pores or voids into matrices;

· discusses specific applications of lightweight composites in areas such as biomedical engineering and automotive engineering.

Publisher Name：Springer, Berlin,  Heidelber

Print ISBN: 978-3-662-53802-9

Online ISBN: 978-3-662-53804-3

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Contents

1.Front Matter

2.Hollow Fibers as Reinforcements

1.Front Matter

2..Porous Structures from Biobased Synthetic Polymers via Freeze-Drying

4.Biobased Composites for Medical and Industrial Applications

4.High-Performance Composites and Their Applications

3.Engineering Porous/Hollow Structures by Manipulating Reinforcing Fibers

1.Front Matter

2.Hollow/Porous Three-Dimensional Woven Structure Reinforced Composites

3.Virtual Testing of Three-Dimensional Hollow/Porous Braided Composites

4.Hollow Three-Dimensional Knitted Structure Reinforced Composites

5.Advanced Grid Structure-Reinforced Composites

4.Foamed Porous Matrices for Weight Reduction

1.Front Matter

2.Porous Structures from Fibrous Proteins for Biomedical Applications

3.Porous Structures from Biobased Synthetic Polymers via Freeze-Drying

4.Porous Structures from Bio-Based Polymers via Supercritical Drying

5.Carbon Nanotube-Based Aerogels as Preformed Porous Fibrous Network for Reinforcing Lightweight Composites

5.Applications: Current Status and Future Prospects

1.Front Matter

2.Porous Lightweight Composites Reinforced with Natural and Agricultural By-Product-Based Fibrous Structures

3.Biobased Composites for Medical and Industrial Applications

4.High-Performance Composites and Their Applications

Chapter 11 was edited by M.Fazley Elahi, Fujun Wang, Yan li,  Lu Wang

Chapter 19 was edited by M.Fazley Elahi, Guoping Guan, Lu Wang