A procedure for measuring the flexibility of single wood-pulp fibres

Mechanics of Composite Materials

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-92

  Tchepel, M ^a   Provan, J W ^b   Nishida, A ^b   Biggs, C ^b  

^a PAPRICAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axial fatigue; Confocal laser scanning microscope; Fibre flexibility; Fibril angle; Modulus of elasticity; Refining; S2 layer; Second moment of area; Single fibre fatigue cell; Single wood fibres; Softwood; Specific energy (SE); Thermomechanical pulp (TMP)

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; REFINING; SOFTWOODS;

AXIAL FATIGUE; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE; FIBRIL ANGLE; SINGLE FIBRE FATIGUE CELL; SINGLE WOOD FIBERS; SPECIFIC ENERGY (SE); THERMOMECHANICAL PULP (TMP); WOOD-PULP FIBERS;

PULP MATERIALS;

ELASTICITY; SOFTWOODS;

EID: 33645318975     PISSN: 01915665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11029-006-0019-2     Document Type: Article

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