A study of the tensile behaviour of flax tows and their potential for composite processing

Materials and Design

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 764-772

  Moothoo, J ^a   Allaoui, S ^a   Ouagne, P ^a   Soulat, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b GEMTEX   (France)

Author keywords

Bio composite; Composite process; Flax fibre; Mechanical behaviour; Optical measurement

Indexed keywords

FILAMENT WINDING; FLAX; GAGES; LINEN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; STRAIN RATE; TENSILE TESTING;

BIO-COMPOSITES; COMPOSITE PROCESS; FLAX FIBRES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT;

YARN;

EID: 84887563180     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2013.10.048     Document Type: Article

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