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Lightweight and Sustainable Composite Materials

Preparation, Properties and Applications

  • 1st Edition - July 27, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa, Sunita M. Doddamani, Mrityunjay Doddamani, Suchart Siengchin
  • Language: English

Lightweight and Sustainable Composites Materials: Preparation, Properties and Applications focuses on the synthesis, processing and characterization of these materials, their env… Read more

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Description

Lightweight and Sustainable Composites Materials: Preparation, Properties and Applications focuses on the synthesis, processing and characterization of these materials, their environmental sustainability features, compatibility with composites and their broad range of commercial and industrial application fields. The combination of being both lightweight and sustainable results in unique properties that make them suitable for a broad range of advanced commercial engineering applications. The book will be a valuable reference resource for academic and industrial researchers and material scientists and engineers working in the development of lightweight and sustainable composite materials.

As recent studies on these materials reveal that they process excellent mechanical, electrical and thermal properties as well as improving environmental sustainability, this book is a welcomed resource.

Key features

  • Discusses recycling and lifecycle assessment
  • Covers different types of lightweight materials, including polymers, metals and natural fibers
  • Covers synthesis and characterization techniques
  • Links production, properties and applications with sustainability behavior
  • Considers future trends and challenges for lightweight and sustainable composite materials

Readership

Academic and industrial researchers, material scientists and engineers working in the development of lightweight and sustainable composite materials, Postgraduate students in materials science and engineering courses, Industrial R&D in related industrial sectors

Table of contents

1. Lightweight and sustainable materials - A global scenario

2. Lightweight and sustainable Self-Reinforced Composites

3. Metallic lightweight materials: Properties and their applications

4. 3D Printing of GMB based Syntactic Foams

5. Foams for lightweight and sustainable composites

6. Recyclability of lightweight and sustainable materials

7. Lightweight and sustainable materials for automotive applications

8. Lightweight and sustainable materials for aerospace applications

9. Lightweight building materials

10. Lightweight materials for biomedical applications

11. Lightweight and sustainable materials for structural applications

12. Lightweight and sustainable materials for food packaging applications

13. Lightweight and sustainable materials for coating applications

14. Sustainable materials for construction applications

15. Performance and durability of lightweight and sustainable materials

16. Life cycle assessment of lightweight and sustainable materials

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: July 31, 2023
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa

Dr. Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa is a Principal Research Scientist and Associate Professor at King Mongkut 's University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand. He also serves as an Advisor within the President' s Office for University Promotion and Development towards International goals. Dr. Rangappa is the Executive Editor of Book Cluster: Fiber Science and Fibrous Composite Materials ( Elsevier), a former Associate Editor of Heliyon (Materials Science), and an Associate Editor of Frontier Materials Journals. He acts as a Board Member and Editor for various international journals in materials science and composites. He has reviewed over 250 international journals, including for Nature, Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley, as well as book proposals and conference submissions. He has published more than 425 articles in top- tier peer- reviewed journals indexed by SCI/Scopus, 13 editorial issues, 100 book chapters, and 70 books as an Editor with leading publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, Taylor & Francis, and Wiley. Additionally, he authored 3 books published by Elsevier and has presented research at numerous national and international conferences. Over 25 of his articles are highly cited in journals like the Journal of Cleaner Production and Carbohydrate Polymers. Dr. Rangappa is the lead editor for several special issues and has a Google Scholar citation count exceeding 39, 000, with an H- index of 100 and An i 100- Index of 475. He holds 1 US Patent, 11 UK Design Patents, 1 Thailand Patent, and 5 Indian patents. He has delivered keynote and invited talks globally, including Russia, South Africa, Malaysia, and India. Currently, he is an Academic Visitor at The University of Portsmouth, UK (2024), with upcoming visiting positions at various Malaysian and Indonesian universities from 2024 to 2027. His research focuses on Natural fiber composites, Polymer Composites, and Advanced Material Technology. He received the ‘Top Peer Reviewer 2019’ award from Publons, and the KMUTNB ‘Outstanding Young Researcher’ (2020) and' Outstanding Researcher’ (2021) awards. Recognized as one of the top 1% most- cited scientists by Stanford University (2019-2025), he ranks 5th in Thailand overall and 2nd In the Polymers category for 2023. He is also listed among the ‘Top 100 Scientists’ in Thailand by AD Scientific Index.

Affiliations and expertise
Principal Research Scientist and Associate Professor, Natural Composite Research Group Lab, Department of Materials and Production Engineering, The Sirindhorn International Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Wongsawang, Bangkok, Thailand

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Sunita M. Doddamani

Sunita M Doddamani is Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture and Planning, Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture and Planning, Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

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Mrityunjay Doddamani

Mrityunjay Doddamani is an Associate Professor in School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India

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Suchart Siengchin

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Suchart Siengchin is a former President of King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok and currently serves as the Director of TechnoPark at the same university. He earned his Dipl.-Ing. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences Giessen/Friedberg, Germany in 1999, followed by an M.Sc. in Polymer Technology from the University of Applied Sciences Aalen in 2002, and another M.Sc. in Material Science from Erlangen-Nürnberg University in 2004. He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) from the Institute for Composite Materials at the University of Kaiserslautern in 2008, including postdoctoral research at Kaiserslautern University and Purdue University's School of Materials Engineering. In 2016, he received his habilitation from Chemnitz University in Saxony, Germany. In 2024, he was honored as an Honorary Fellow by RWTH Aachen University. He has also served as a Lecturer in Production and Material Engineering at the Sirindhorn International Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering, KMUTNB, and has been a full Professor and President of KMUTNB. He received the Outstanding Researcher Award in 2010, 2012, and 2013 at KMUTNB. His research focuses on Polymer Processing and Composite Materials. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Applied Science and Engineering Progress, a Q1 indexed journal on Scopus, and has authored over 600 peer-reviewed journal articles, 15 editorial contributions, more than 100 book chapters, one authored book, and over 50 edited books. He has presented at more than 70 international and national conferences related to Materials Science and Engineering. Recognized as one of the world’s top 2% scientists by Stanford University for 2021- 2022, he received the National Excellence Researcher Award (Engineering and Research Industry) from Thailand's National Research Council in 2021, and has been listed as a Highly Cited Researcher in 2025 by Clarivate.

Affiliations and expertise
Former President of KMUTNB, and Director of KMUTNB Techno Park, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

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