Environmental impact of various kayak core materials
Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2008.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2009
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| author | Kirkland, David R. (David Roger) |
| author2 | David R. Wallace. |
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| description | Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2008. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/458152019-04-10T13:22:01Z Environmental impact of various kayak core materials Kirkland, David R. (David Roger) David R. Wallace. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Mechanical Engineering. Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 26). This thesis compares the environmental impact of fiberglass, Kevlar, carbon fiber, and cork. A kayak company is interested in using cork as a core material, and would like to claim that it is the most environmentally friendly of the four materials listed above. The efficacy of that claim is evaluated by modeling the manufacturing process, generating an input - output model and performing an exergy analysis. The environmental impact of kayak core material construction on the over impact of kayak construction is nominal. Beyond that, the comparison of core materials results in a qualitative ranking from least to most impact, which is fiberglass, cork, carbon fiber then Kevlar. The diversity of impact, from noxious gases, energy use, volatile liquids, land use and toxic wastes necessitates a qualitative analysis when full exergy data wasn't available. Because of this, the comparison was quantitatively based on the energy use and qualitatively based on each chemicals material safety data. by David R. Kirkland. S.B. 2009-06-30T16:21:33Z 2009-06-30T16:21:33Z 2007 2008 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45815 319422684 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 26 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Mechanical Engineering. Kirkland, David R. (David Roger) Environmental impact of various kayak core materials |
| title | Environmental impact of various kayak core materials |
| title_full | Environmental impact of various kayak core materials |
| title_fullStr | Environmental impact of various kayak core materials |
| title_full_unstemmed | Environmental impact of various kayak core materials |
| title_short | Environmental impact of various kayak core materials |
| title_sort | environmental impact of various kayak core materials |
| topic | Mechanical Engineering. |
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