Flax fibre and its composites - A review

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 296-317

  Yan, Libo ^a   Chouw, Nawawi ^a   Jayaraman, Krishnan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

B. Mechanical properties; B. Natural fibre composites

Indexed keywords

FIBRE DIAMETERS; FIBRE STRUCTURE; FIBRE/MATRIX INTERFACES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MECHANICAL DEFECTS; NATURAL FIBRE COMPOSITES; SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FLAX; LIFE CYCLE; LINEN; TENSILE PROPERTIES; YARN;

FIBERS;

EID: 84884157882     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2013.08.014     Document Type: Article

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