The role of plant stems in providing biomimetic solutions for innovative textiles in composites

Biologically Inspired Textiles

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 168-192

  Milwich, M ^a   Planck, H ^a   Speck, T ^b   Speck, O ^b  

^a Deutsche Institute für Textil und Faserforschung DITF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMIMETIC PROCESSES; BIOMIMETICS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOMIMETIC APPROACHES; FIBROUS COMPOSITE MATERIAL; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES; STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS; TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS; TECHNICAL TEXTILES;

TEXTILES;

EID: 79960137910     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845695088.2.168     Document Type: Chapter

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