Effect of water absorption on Mode I interlaminar fracture toughness of flax/basalt reinforced vinyl ester hybrid composites
- Submitting institution
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University of Portsmouth
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 7138084
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.compstruct.2017.02.081
- Title of journal
- Composite Structures
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- First page
- 813
- Volume
- 168
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0263-8223
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- February
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This paper establishes fundamental and in-depth understandings of the relationships between the water absorption and fracture toughness of novel hybrid composites. It addresses two inherent issues of hydrophilicity and low fracture toughness associated with natural fibre composites. This research led to the award of the 4.6M "INTERREG VA FCE Program, FLOWER project, Grant Number 23 (2018-2022)" to a consortium led by Bourmaud (alain.bourmaud@univ-ubs.fr) from University of South Brittany involving Portsmouth, the University of Cambridge, The Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Nantes and 4 industrial companies (EcoTechnilin, Depestele, Howa-Tramico and Kaïros).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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