A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF NATURAL FIBER REINFORCED FOR AN INTERIOR ELECTRIC CAR
Keywords:
natural fiber, car interior, value chain, economic, sustainable manufacturingAbstract
The environmental awareness and sustainable manufacturing trend have replaced polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and fiberglass with natural fiber reinforced composite for a car interior. This paper aims to point out the natural fiber opportunity in developed country market with many car manufactory. The use of natural fiber as textile, rope, and food in developing countries can be shifted to car interior that has higher added value. This paper will also provide the market trend for natural fiber reinforced car interior, material comparison to show the characteristic and mechanical properties for each material, and analyze the value chain of car interior manufacturing. We also discussed the economic advantage and competitiveness of natural fiber composite for car interior manufactory in the form of sheet molding composite (SMC) compared to conventional material like fiberglass reinforced SMC. From these studies, it can be suggested to produce natural fiber reinforced composite for car interior with further development in order to increase the durability of the composite.References
Sovia, P., 2010. Identification of the main environmental challenges in a sustainability perspective for the automobile industry, Chalmers Reproservice, Göteborg, 2010.
Salahudin, X., 2012. Study of Pandanus Fiber Development as Car Interior in Magelang, Journal of Engineering Faculty Tidar Magelang Unversity , vol. XLIV, no. 1, pp. 121-133.
Visible nature in der türverkleidung : Premiere im Dienst der nachhaltigkeit., Dräxlmaier Group, 2014. [Online]. Available:
http://www.draexl¬maier.com/presse/pressemitteilung/article/visible¬-nature-¬in-¬der--tuerverkleidung-¬premiere¬-im-¬dienst¬-der-nachhaltigkeit.html. [Accessed 24 July 2015].
Schmiedel, I, Barfuss, G.S., Nickel, T. and Pfeufer, L. 2014. Use of Visible Natural Fibers in Vehicle Interiors, Development Interior, vol. CXVI, no. 06, pp. 20-23.
Timmins, N., Clark, A., Almaguer, R. and Odea, N. 2011. Opportunities in Natural Fiber
Composites, Lucintel, Las Colinas.
Mihiotis, A., Mylonakis, J. and Ntalakas, G. 2007. An Value Chain Analysis: An ECR Tool for Assessing Business Competitive Advantage, International Journal of Management Practice,
vol. 2, issue 3, pages 240-249.
Alex, R., Kessler, R. and Kohler, R. 2005. Sustainability and Profitability Through Intelligent Value Chain Management in Bast Fiber Processing, Journal of Natural Fibers, vol. I, no. 3, pp.67-75.
Renaudie, J.-M. 2013. Interior System, Faurecia. http://www.faurecia.com
Karus, M., Kaup, M., and Lohmeyer, D., 2000. Study on Market and Prices for Natural Fibers (Germany and EU), Nova Institute. www.nova-institut.de/pdf/nova-study-full.pdf
Hidayat, S., 2005., Cotton and Sisal Fiber Ornamental Experiment, Bandung Institue of Technology, Bandung.
Nielsen, L. 2011. Classifications of Countries Based on Their Level of Development: How it is Done and How it Could be Done, Working Paper, International Monetary Fund.
Sudell, B. C., and Rosemaund, A. Industrial Fibers : Recent and Current Developments," in Proceedings of the Symposium on Natural Fibers, Hereford, 20 Okt 2008, pp. 71-82.
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/011/i0709e/i0709e10.pdf
Besouw, M. V. and Huijbers, S. 2012. Future of Automotive Design & Materials Trend and Development in Design & Materials, Automotive Technology Centre, Wallonia.
Osugi, R., Takagi, H., Liu, K and Gennai, Y. 2009. Thermal Conductivity Behavior of Natural Fiber-Reinforced Composite, Asian Pacific Conference for Material and Mechanics, Yokohama.
Alibaba, [Online]. Available: http://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?fsb=y&IndexArea=product_en&CatId=&SearchText=fib
er. [Accessed 30 July 2015].
Weidong Y. and Yan, L. 2012. Sound Absorption Performance of Natural Fibers and Their Composites, Science China : Technological Science, vol. 55, no. 8, p.p. 2278–2283.
Tholkappiyan, E., Saravanan, D., Jagasthitha, R., Angeswari, T. and Surya, V. T. 2015. Modelling of Sound Absorbtion Properties of Sisal Fiber Reinforced Paper Pulp Composites
Using Regression Method, Indian Journal of Fiber& Textile Research, vol. XL, pp. 19-24.
Jayamani, E. and Hamdan, S. 2013. Sound Absorption Coefficients Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites, Advanced Material Research, vol. 701, pp. 53-58, 2013.
Donelan J. and Kaplan, E. 1998. Value Chain Analysis:A Strategic Approach to Cost Management, Journal of Cost Management, March April; 7-113.
Santoso, B. 2009. Agave Development Opportunity as Natural Fiber Source, Prespektif, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 84-95.
Jeyanthi, S. and Ranci, J. J. 2012. Influence of natural long fiber in mechanical, thermal and recycling properties of thermoplastic composite in automotive component, International
Journal of Physical Science, vol. 7, no. 43, pp. 5765-5771.
Brouwer, W. 2013. Natural Fiber Composites Saving Weight and Cost with Renewable Materials," in International Conference on Composites, Delft. www.iccmcentral.org/Proceedings/.../SITE/.../Paper-1414.pdf
Zsiros, J., 2010. Natural Fibers and Fiberglass: A technical and Economic Comparison, Brimingham Young University, Brimingham.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright of articles that appear in Jurnal Mekanikal belongs exclusively to Penerbit Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (Penerbit UTM Press). This copyright covers the rights to reproduce the article, including reprints, electronic reproductions or any other reproductions of similar nature.
