Fabrication and Design of Wood-Based High-Performance CompositesMarion Frey 1,2, Meri Zirkelbach 3, Clemens Dransfeld 4, Eric Faude 1, Etienne Trachsel 1, Mikael Hannus 5, Ingo Burgert 1,2, Tobias Keplinger 1,2
1Wood Materials Science, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, ETH Zurich, 2Cellulose & Wood Materials, Functional Materials, EMPA, 3Design and Arts, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, 4Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies, Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, 5Stora Enso Oyj
Delignified densified wood represents a new promising lightweight, high-performance and bio-based material with great potential to partially substitute natural fiber reinforced- or glass fiber reinforced composites in the future. We here present two versatile fabrication routes and demonstrate the possibility to create complex composite parts.