Elastic coils: Deformation micromechanics of coir and celery fibres

Cellulose

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Bakri, B ^a   Eichhorn, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Celery; Coir; Deformation; Fibre

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE MEASUREMENTS; CELERY; CYCLIC DEFORMATIONS; FIBRILLAR STRUCTURES; GLASS FIBRES; HIGH STIFFNESS; HIGH STRAINS; LOW STRAINS; MOLECULAR DEFORMATIONS; NATURAL FIBRE; NON-LINEAR STRESS-STRAIN; PLANT FIBRES; POLARISATION; RAMAN BANDS; REINFORCING ELEMENTS; TRANSVERSE ORIENTATION;

DEFORMATION; GLASS FIBERS; MECHANICAL TESTING; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; STRAIN; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; STRESSES;

FIBERS;

COIR FIBER; DEFORMATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER ORIENTATION; NATURAL FIBER; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH; STRESS-STRAIN PROPERTY; TOUGHNESS;

EID: 77952879086     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-009-9373-2     Document Type: Article

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