Mechanical properties of biaxial weft-knitted flax composites

Materials and Design

Volumn 46, Issue , 2013, Pages 264-269

  Xue, Daoshun ^a   Hu, Hong ^b  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biaxial knitted reinforcement; Flax fiber; Mechanical performance; Natural fiber composite

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE REINFORCEMENT; COMPOSITE SAMPLES; DISCONTINUOUS FIBERS; FLAT KNITTING MACHINES; FLAX FIBER; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPOSITES; LOW COSTS; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; NAOH TREATMENT; NATURAL FIBER COMPOSITES; NON-CRIMP FABRICS; VACUUM-ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING PROCESS;

FIBERS; FLAX; GLASS FIBERS; KNITTING MACHINERY; LINEN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCEMENT; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; WOOL;

YARN;

EID: 84869827997     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2012.10.019     Document Type: Article

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