Specific features of flax fibres used to manufacture composite materials

C Baley, M Gomina, J Bréard, A Bourmaud… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
The use of composite materials reinforced by flax fibres has been increasing steadily over
the last 20 years. These fibres show attractive mechanical properties but also some …

3D printing of continuous flax fibre reinforced biocomposites for structural applications

A Le Duigou, A Barbé, E Guillou, M Castro - Materials & Design, 2019 - Elsevier
Recently, interest has been increasing in natural fibres as composite reinforcing fillers for
polymer-based filaments manufactured with the Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) process …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of geometric dimensions and fibre orientation on 3D moisture diffusion in flax fibre reinforced thermoplastic and thermosetting composites

A Chilali, M Assarar, W Zouari, H Kebir… - Composites Part A: Applied …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this work, we investigate the diffusion behaviour of twill flax fabrics reinforced
thermoplastic and thermosetting composites elaborated by the vacuum infusion technique …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of moisture absorption and temperature on quasi-static and fatigue behavior of nonwoven flax epoxy composite

M Habibi, L Laperrière, HM Hassanabadi - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
This study investigated the effect of moisture and temperature on the evolution of the
mechanical properties in the monotonic and cyclic loading of nonwoven flax epoxy …

Analysis of the hygroscopic and hygroelastic behaviours of water aged flax-epoxy composite

B Djellouli, W Zouari, M Assarar, R Ayad - Composite Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, an analysis of the hygroscopic and hygroelastic behaviours of unidirectional
flax fibre-reinforced epoxy composite is presented. Samples of this composite material were …

[HTML][HTML] Durability of natural fibre epoxy composite structural columns: High cycle compression fatigue and moisture ingress

MR Bambach - Composites Part C: Open Access, 2020 - Elsevier
Many studies have investigated durability effects on the mechanical properties of natural
fibre composite laminates using material tests, notably tension coupon tests. Few studies …

Nanoscale evaluation of multi-layer interfacial mechanical properties of sisal fiber reinforced composites by nanoindentation technique

Q Li, Y Li, L Zhou - Composites Science and Technology, 2017 - Elsevier
The multi-layer structure of plant fibers has been revealed qualitatively by qualitative
microscopic characterization and associated with multi-stage failure behaviors of plant fiber …

Design optimization for thermal conductivity of plain-woven textile composites

XY Zhou, X Ruan, S Zhang, W **ong, Z Ullah - Composite Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Textile reinforced polymer composites have excellent structural performance including
mechanical properties and thermal properties, which are benefited from their relative …

Influence of the scattering of flax fibres properties on flax/epoxy woven ply stiffness

D Scida, A Bourmaud, C Baley - Materials & Design, 2017 - Elsevier
The natural character of plant fibres was often cited as a disadvantage which results in the
scattering of their properties. This work aims at studying the influence of this scattering on …

Physico-mechanical performances of flax fiber biobased composites: Retting and process effects

M Lecoublet, M Khennache, N Leblanc… - Industrial Crops and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This research aimed to evaluate the effect of retting (3 levels were concerned) and
processing parameters (mainly temperature) on physico-chemical properties of flax-epoxy …