A method of estimating the single flax fibre fineness using data from the LaserScan system

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 273-287

  Grishanov, S A ^a   Harwood, R J ^a   Booth, I ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibre fineness; Fibre spinnability; Flax; LaserScan; OFDA

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS; OPTICAL DEVICES; SCANNING;

FIBRE FINENESS; FIBRE SPINNABILITY; LASERSCAN; OFDA;

FIBERS;

COMPOSITE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FIBER OPTICS; LASER METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL;

BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPOSITES; FARM CROPS; FLAX;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; GELDERLAND; NETHERLANDS; WAGENINGEN; WESTERN EUROPE;

LINUM; LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPOSITE; DISTRIBUTION; FIBER BUNDLE; FIBER DIAMETER; FIBER FINENESS; FLAX FIBER; LASER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

EID: 33646430578     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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