Prompted by environmental legislation and citizens' awareness induced by global warming
effects, the market for plant-fibre reinforced composites has been growing steadily for the …

Given the vast amount of available research in the area of natural fibre composites, a
significant step forward in the development of next-generation plant fibre-based products …

Increasing the production of high-performance natural fibres that minimise their impact on
the environment is a challenge that flax (Linum usitatissinum L.) cannot address alone. In …

Optimisation of textile preforms play a crucial role in the development of high-performance
biobased composites materials. In this context, the main ambition of this work is to quantify …

Single flax fibres develop morphological deformations, called kink-bands, which are
considered to be areas of weakness. The correlation between the occurrence of kink-bands …

The effect of humidity conditions on the moisture content and dimensional variations of
natural fibre bundles from several botanical origins with contrasting biochemical and …

Retting of fibrous plants such as flax is an essential step in the extraction of fibre bundles
and their transformation into textiles and reinforcement fabrics for use in garments and …

Many of the fibres used in composite reinforcement have a non-circular cross section and
recently non-circular glass fibre products have become commercially available. This paper …

Flax (Linum usitatissinum L.) is an economically important fiber crop species as it produces
long cellulosic fibers with high tensile strength. The first step in flax fiber extraction occurs …

In this study, the morphological, physical, and tensile properties of flax were experimentally
investigated at three different scales (single fiber, yarn and unidirectional fabric). The cross …