Plastics, Rubber and Composites Vol. 53, No. 5-7, out now

3D printing of sustainable wood-based bio-composites and woven fabric-reinforced natural rubber composites are among the topics discussed in this issue.

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This issue contains the following articles:

Low-velocity impact behavior of woven fabric-reinforced natural rubber composites
Xin Wang, Shing-Chung Wong, Xiaosheng Gao, Soon W. Moon
pp. 107–116
DOI: 10.1177/14658011241255060

Improved wet skid resistance of NR/SBR composites induced by irradiation vulcanised styrene-butadiene rubber particles
Zhennan Luan, Xiao Xiao, Fuhao Zhu, Qingguo Wang
pp. 117–124
DOI: 10.1177/14658011241261474

Process parameter optimisation and characterisation of fused deposition modelling-polylactic acid (FDM-PLA) parts
Sagnik Chowdhury, Abhishek Mandal, Abhijit Banik
pp. 125–136
DOI: 10.1177/14658011241263214

3D printing of sustainable wood-based bio-composites for high-end custom carton
Kaiyi Jiang, Bin Wu, Yanling Guo
pp. 137–142
DOI: 10.1177/14658011241263470

The effect of polyvinyl chloride and polyethylene terephthalate on the mechanical properties of butyl rubber (IIR)-based thermoplastic elastomer using semi-efficient vulcanisation system and a nano zinc oxide as activator
Seyed Morteza Madani, Saeed Ostad Movahed
pp. 143–153
DOI: 10.1177/14658011241273527

Mechanical and failure behaviour of PLA FFF printed part under sweat absorption: Splint arm application
Atidel Ghorbel, Adama Traoré, Ahmed Elloumi
pp. 154–167
DOI: 10.1177/14658011241273545

The effect of nano-zinc oxide on the mechanical properties of the cured ethylene-propylene-diene monomer rubber with a semi-efficient vulcanisation system
Hanyeh Khoshravesh Abgorg, Saeed Ostad Movahed
pp. 168–177
DOI: 10.1177/14658011241273533