TY - GEN
T1 - Multi-modal Microscopy Characterisation of Nodal Markings in Flax Fibre
AU - Zhang, Hongjia
AU - Sui, Tan
AU - Thygesen, Lisbeth Garbrecht
AU - O’Brien, Patrick
AU - Korsunsky, Alexander M.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Natural fibres such as kenaf, sisal, flax etc. have gained increasing recognition as alternatives to hi-tech synthetic fibres, primarily due to their moderate cost and environmentally friendly nature. However, the well-reported wide variability of their properties, primarily stiffness and strength, presents a significant challenge to the use of these fibres in composite materials and systems that have important implications for reliability and safety. Understanding the sources of variability requires combining different methods of structural analysis, as it is done in the context of multi-modal microscopy reported here. The morphology and internal architecture of flax nodal markings (sometimes also called "dislocations") are described, and their implications for strength discussed.
AB - Natural fibres such as kenaf, sisal, flax etc. have gained increasing recognition as alternatives to hi-tech synthetic fibres, primarily due to their moderate cost and environmentally friendly nature. However, the well-reported wide variability of their properties, primarily stiffness and strength, presents a significant challenge to the use of these fibres in composite materials and systems that have important implications for reliability and safety. Understanding the sources of variability requires combining different methods of structural analysis, as it is done in the context of multi-modal microscopy reported here. The morphology and internal architecture of flax nodal markings (sometimes also called "dislocations") are described, and their implications for strength discussed.
M3 - Article in proceedings
SN - 978-988-14047-0-1
VL - 2
T3 - Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science
SP - 1011
EP - 1015
BT - Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering 2015
PB - Newswood / International Association of Engineers
T2 - World Congress on Engineering 2015
Y2 - 1 July 2015 through 3 July 2015
ER -