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THE POTENTIAL APPLICATION OF
NATURAL FIBER REINFORCED BIO‐POLYMER (NFRbP)
COMPOSITES IN ARCHITECTURE
by
James Byron Cleveland
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF BUILDING SCIENCE
May 2008
Copyright 2008 James Byron Cleveland
Object Description
| Title | The potential applications of natural fiber reinforced bio-polymers (NFRbP's) in architecture |
| Author | Cleveland, James Byron |
| Author email | jb_cleveland@earthlink.net |
| Degree | Master of Building Science |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Building Science |
| School | School of Architecture |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-03-26 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-04-22 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Spiegelhalter, Thomas |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Schierle, Goetz. Dombrowa, J. |
| Abstract | 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.; From 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. |
| Keyword | bio-composites; structure; architecture; renewables |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1180 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Cleveland, James Byron |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@dots.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Cleveland-20080422 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume32/etd-Cleveland-20080422.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@dots.usc.edu |
| Full text | THE POTENTIAL APPLICATION OF NATURAL FIBER REINFORCED BIO‐POLYMER (NFRbP) COMPOSITES IN ARCHITECTURE by James Byron Cleveland A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF BUILDING SCIENCE May 2008 Copyright 2008 James Byron Cleveland |
