Harakeke fibre as reinforcement in epoxy matrix composites and its hybridisation with hemp fibre

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Harakeke fibre as reinforcement in epoxy matrix composites and its hybridisation with hemp fibre

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Over the last few decades, due to increasing global awareness of environmental issues, there has been great interest and motivation in research to develop natural fibre composites to replace glass fibre composites in certain applications. Harakeke fibre known as New Zealand flax or Phormium tenax used to be an important export material in New Zealand in the early twentieth century, but its production reduced due to the availability of synthetic fibres midcentury and competition from other nat...

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Doctoral

Date created

2016

Creator

Le, Tan Minh

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https://hdl.handle.net/10289/10690

Related subjects

Harakeke / polymer composites / mechanical properties / dynamic sheet former / aligned fibre composites / fibre orientation / New Zealand flax / Rule of mixtures

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