期刊名称：International Journal of Sustainable Engineering
印刷版ISSN：1939-7038
出版年度：2019
卷号：12
期号：3
页码：201-211
DOI：10.1080/19397038.2018.1508318
语种：English
出版社：Taylor & Francis Group
摘要：ABSTRACTTechnological development has had huge impacts in sports performance throughout the years, fostering the development of specific materials and manufacturing processes for sports-related products. Within this context, a new technology for snowboards was developed taking advantage of the internal coupling effects of Fibre Reinforced Plastics (FRP) using an anisotropic layer design. This work deals with the technical, economic and environmental evaluation of a snowboard made of three alternative materials, namely carbon, glass and flax fibre reinforced plastics. It shows how a life cycle analysis can support the design and development of products by applying a Life Cycle Engineering methodology to the design process of a snowboard using an innovative technology. In this case, both the material choice and the fiber placement angles have a significant impact on the stiffness of the resulting FRP and thus in the three dimensions of analysis - cost, environmental and technical. The natural fiber is the most sustainable option environmentally, the glass fiber is the best one economically and the carbon fibre is the best in terms of technical performance. Therefore, the importance attributed to each dimension of analysis is pondered and traded-off to allow an aggregated analysis of the alternatives and a well-informed decision-making.
关键词：KEYWORDSSnowboard designanisotropic layer designnatural fiberslife-cycle engineeringdesign for environmentproduct life-cycle
