ECO-COMPOSITES BASED ON NATURAL FIBERS USED FOR MOTOCYCLE HELMED FABRICATION

Due to increased interest in organic materials werecarried out studies on polymers compounds of natural fibers that exhibit special mechanical and technological properties, lower-cost compared to those obtained with classical technologies. At the same time, new composites density is much lower. Trough natural fibers have a lower resistance than hard fibers (e.g. carbon fibers), but presents a resistance similar to glass fibers and the main advantage is that of accessibility of their purchase light-being harvested from the zone areas (sustainable).

The paper presents a new eco-composite material with good properties used for obtaining motorcycle helmet models - as a case study, realised at University Transilvania of Brasov.