Cracks Find the weakest path
Felting (1/2)
Remove Hemp Hurd and break up the clumps
Felting (2/2)
Lay fibers and compress in thin layers
Alternate general fiber directions transverse and longitudinal
Dry
Compress
Hemp Mat
Load Cell
Only the bottom 2” of the 8” deep beam is reinforced with hemp.
40lb bags of water softener salt
9’-0” span between saw horses
Just 4.2lbs of Hemp added to 350lb ice beam increased its capacity from 180lbs to 2,100 lbs
Withstood Similar Moments to FEA Model
Elastic Modulus: 11.2 GPa
New $14mil Road From Manley Hot Springs to Tanana Village
Ice Bridge to Tanana would use an estimated 50 tons of hemp fibers
$5,000 + Shipping + Entangling Cost
Could save 3 weeks of construction time
250 Mile Tibbitt to Contwoyto Rd.
85% over lakes
The 2018 Cannabis Act in Canada
The United States 2018 Farm Bill
92,500 acres of Hemp Grown in Canada (1300 lb/acre of fiber)
Most Grown for Hemp Seed / CBD Oil
Excess Hemp Fiber looking for new markets