Carbon/biocomposite hybrid vehicle structures for reduced weight, cost and environmental impact (CARBIO)

Carbio项目将通过在碳纤维部件中加入新型亚麻-生物环氧复合材料来开发重量、成本、环境影响和改善噪音、振动和刺激性(NVH)的汽车结构。减轻车辆重量的需求导致采用碳纤维，碳纤维昂贵、能源/二氧化碳密集型、难以回收，并且可能导致较差的NVH。亚麻纤维成本低，可再生，二氧化碳中性，具有优异的减振性能，而生物基环氧树脂在合成环氧树脂中提供增强的韧性和可持续性。该项目将开发和优化亚麻/碳混杂生物复合材料，并根据汽车OEM规范进行测试。将设计一些案例研究部件，如车门、车轮拱板和座椅结构，并将生产和测试验证部件。

The CARBIO project will develop automotive structures with reduced weight, cost, environmental impact and improved noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) by the incorporation of novel flax-bioepoxy composites into carbon fibre components.The need to reduce vehicle weight is leading to the adoption of carbon fibre, which is expensive, energy/CO2 intensive, difficult to recycle and can lead to poor NVH. Flax fibres are low cost, renewable, CO2 neutral and have excellent vibration damping properties, whilst bio-based epoxy resins offer enhanced toughness and sustainability over synthetic epoxies.This project will develop and optimise flax/carbon hybrid biocomposite materials and test them according to automotive OEM specifications. A number of case study parts, such as a door, wheel arch panel and seat structure, will be designed and validation parts will be produced and tested.