Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts 1 article published in JoVE Engineering Fabrication and Design of Wood-Based High-Performance Composites Marion Frey1,2, Meri Zirkelbach3, Clemens Dransfeld4, Eric Faude1, Etienne Trachsel1, Mikael Hannus5, Ingo Burgert1,2, Tobias Keplinger1,2 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.
