Abstract
The application of hemp fibers as a reinforcement of composite materials necessitates the characterization of fiber strength scatter and the effect of fiber length on its strength. With this aim, elementary hemp fibers were tested in tension at two different gage lengths. Due to the similar morphology of hemp and flax fibers, the probabilistic strength models derived and verified for the latter were applied to the former. The fiber strength was found to agree with the modified Weibull distribution. The modeling approaches developed for describing the variability of the strength and failure strain of elementary flax fibers are shown to be also applicable to hemp fibers.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 69-76 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Mechanics of Composite Materials |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2013 |
OECD Field of Science
- 1.4 Chemical Sciences
Keywords
- hemp fibers
- kink bands
- stiffness
- strength
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