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Fibers, Volume 10, Issue 12

December 2022 - 8 articles

Cover Story: Due to ever-growing demand for bast fibres for technical textiles, other sources to textile flax need to be proposed. In this study, the interest in harvesting and processing linseed flax straw is studied for geotextile applications. Different dew rettings and extraction processes were investigated. Fibres extracted from stems subjected to 12 weeks of dew retting using breaking rollers, thresher and a breaking card exhibited the most suitable properties. Optimal fibres were converted into 100% linseed flax yarns using a flyer spinning machine, and the mechanical properties and biodegradability of yarns were evaluated to estimate their potential as geotextiles. Yarns were further coated with linseed oil or chitosan to enhance their durability. Linseed oil coating better preserved yarn’s integrity and mechanical properties over time, and it permitted doubling their service life potential. View this paper
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Articles (8)

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
3,325 Views
15 Pages

15 December 2022

Ceramic reinforced friction stir spot-welding (FSSW) is one of the unique welding techniques used to fabricate spot joints. This study is intended to investigate the effect of reinforcement additive particle size in achieving higher weld strengths. A...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,288 Views
19 Pages

Carbon Fibers from Wet-Spun Cellulose-Lignin Precursors Using the Cold Alkali Process

  • Andreas Bengtsson,
  • Alice Landmér,
  • Lars Norberg,
  • Shun Yu,
  • Monica Ek,
  • Elisabet Brännvall and
  • Maria Sedin

15 December 2022

In recent years, there has been extensive research into the development of cheaper and more sustainable carbon fiber (CF) precursors, and air-gap-spun cellulose-lignin precursors have gained considerable attention where ionic liquids have been used f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,615 Views
22 Pages

14 December 2022

This paper examines analytically the design criteria for the composite retrofit of reinforced concrete (RC) columns with a short lap splice length of steel rebars inside the critical region. The advanced potential of pseudo-dynamic three-dimensional...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,926 Views
16 Pages

Design and Evaluation of a Learning-Based Vascular Interventional Surgery Robot

  • Xingyu Chen,
  • Yinan Chen,
  • Wenke Duan,
  • Toluwanimi Oluwadara Akinyemi,
  • Guanlin Yi,
  • Jie Jiang,
  • Wenjing Du and
  • Olatunji Mumini Omisore

13 December 2022

Interventional therapy is one of the most effective methods for diagnosing and treating vascular-related diseases at present. It relies on achieving precise and safe navigation of intravascular tools within a patient’s vasculature. Vascular Intervent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,773 Views
18 Pages

Damage Tolerance of a Stiffened Composite Panel with an Access Cutout under Fatigue Loading and Validation Using FEM Analysis and Digital Image Correlation

  • Pavan Hiremath,
  • Sathyamangalam Ramanarayanan Viswamurthy,
  • Manjunath Shettar,
  • Nithesh Naik and
  • Suhas Kowshik

8 December 2022

Aircraft structures must be capable of performing their function throughout their design life while meeting safety objectives. Such structures may contain defects and/or damages that can occur for several reasons. Therefore, aircraft structures are i...

  • Review
  • Open Access
42 Citations
9,317 Views
30 Pages

Evaluation of the Tensile Characteristics and Bond Behaviour of Steel Fibre-Reinforced Concrete: An Overview

  • Mohammed A. Mujalli,
  • Samir Dirar,
  • Emad Mushtaha,
  • Aseel Hussien and
  • Aref Maksoud

2 December 2022

Conventional concrete is a common building material that is often ridden with cracks due to its low tensile strength. Moreover, it has relatively low shear strength and, unless reinforced, undergoes brittle failure under tension and shear. Thus, conc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,403 Views
13 Pages

Influence of Stirrup Spacing on the Strengthening and Rehabilitating of RC T-beams Using Near-Surface Mounted Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Strips

  • Ma’en Abdel-Jaber,
  • Mu’tasim Abdel-Jaber,
  • Hasan Katkhuda,
  • Nasim Shatarat,
  • Alaa Sulaiman and
  • Rola El-Nimri

28 November 2022

This paper aims to investigate the effect of using different configurations of near-surface mounted carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (NSM-CFRP) strips on the shear strength of strengthened and rehabilitated reinforced concrete (RC) T-beams with differ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,860 Views
21 Pages

23 November 2022

Due to the ever-growing demand for bast fibres for technical and garment textiles, complementary sources to textile flax, whose cultivation in western Europe cannot really be extended, need to be proposed. In this study, the interest in harvesting an...

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