Effect of Hemp Fibre Morphology on the Mechanical Properties of Vegetal Fibre Composite Material

Abstract:

The hemp fibres present specific fibre morphology and a complex non homogeneous cross section which changes in function of the location along the fibre length. Thus the mechanical properties of hemp fibres request a specific characterization method. In this study, firstly, a digital treatment method was developed allowing to consider different geometrical modelling methods: homogeneous or non-homogenous cross section, average global cross section, and cross section measured at the rupture location, including a 3D CAD model reconstruction of the fibre.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 875-877)
• Pages: 485-489
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.875-877.485
• Online since: February 2014
• Authors: Florent Ilczyszyn, Abel Cherouat, Guillaume Montay
• Keywords: Digital Imaging, Hemp Fibres, Mechanical Property, Modeling, Tensile Test

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