ORCID
- John Summerscales: 0000-0002-3557-0404
Abstract
The use of rules-of-mixture to predict the elastic modulus and strength of natural fibre-reinforced composites is often compromised by the fibre properties used in the calculations being derived with an assumption of circular cross-section, when real fibres have polygonal cross-section. A fibre area correction factor (FACF) has been proposed to address this inaccuracy and has been demonstrated to improve the predictions.
Publication Date
2019-03-01
Publication Title
Composites Part B: Engineering
Volume
160
ISSN
1359-8368
Embargo Period
2019-10-09
Keywords
natural fibre, rules-of-mixture, fibre area correction factor
First Page
167
Last Page
169
Recommended Citation
Summerscales, J., Virk, A., & Hall, W. (2019) 'Enhanced rules-of-mixture for natural fibre reinforced polymer matrix (NFRP) composites (comment on Lau et al in volume 136)', Composites Part B: Engineering, 160, pp. 167-169. Available at: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2018.10.021
