Tailoring the damage mechanisms in flax/silk hybrid composites for improved ductility

Abstract (2025)
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Alexandros Prapavesis (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)

W. Wu (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)

Y. Mosleh (TU Delft - Bio-based Structures & Materials)

Aart Willem van Vuure (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)

Research Group
Bio-based Structures & Materials
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Publication Year
2025
Language
English
Research Group
Bio-based Structures & Materials
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Abstract

This study focuses on interlayer hybridisation of flax with silk fibres and the resulting damage mechanisms controlled by the hybrid composite configuration, can lead to an improved balance between stiffness, strength and toughness/ductility. The results demonstrate that a sandwich design configuration with flax layers at the outside of the laminate exhibit the highest increase in (pseudo-)ductility compared to monolithic flax fibre composites. X-ray computed tomography (XCT) revealed that fragmentation and debonding of the flax fibre layers can be achieved by optimising the hybrid laminate configuration and the volume fraction ratio between the two fibres, explaining the increased toughness of the hybrid composites.

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