In situ observations of microscale damage evolution in unidirectional natural fibre composites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1639-1649

  Rask, Morten ^a   Madsen, Bo ^a   Sørensen, Bent F ^a   Fife, Julie L ^b   Martyniuk, Karolina ^a   Lauridsen, Erik M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

A. Flax fibres; B. Fracture; B. Microstructures; D. Synchrotron X ray tomography

Indexed keywords

3D VISUALIZATION; COMPOSITE REINFORCEMENT; DAMAGE EVOLUTION; DAMAGE MECHANISM; FLAX FIBRES; IN-SITU; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; INTERNAL DAMAGES; MATRIX SHEARS; MICRO-SCALES; NATURAL FIBRE COMPOSITES; SPLITTING CRACKS; STRESS LEVELS; SYNCHROTRON X RAYS; SYNCHROTRON X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHIC; ULTIMATE FAILURE; UNIAXIAL TENSIONS;

CRACKS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FLAX; LINEN; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VISUALIZATION; YARN;

FIBERS;

EID: 84865649654     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2012.02.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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