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COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 69, Issue 13, Pages 2152-2157Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2009.05.010
Keywords
Fibres; Defects; Strength; Probabilistic methods; Flax
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Flax fibres are finding non-traditional applications as reinforcement of composite materials. The mechanical properties of fibres are affected by the natural variability in plant as well as the damage accumulated during processing, and thus have considerable variability that necessitates statistical treatment of fibre characteristics. The strength distribution of elementary flax fibres has been determined at several fibre lengths by standard tensile tests, and the amount of kink bands in the fibres evaluated by optical microscopy. Strength distribution function, based on the assumption that the presence of kink bands limits fibre strength, is derived and found to provide reasonable agreement with test results. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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