Mechanical Properties Investigation of Cotton Stockinet and Their Composites

Sixteenth International Conference "Mechanics of Composite Materials" (MCM - 2010): Book of Abstracts 2010
Andrejs Krasņikovs, Olga Kononova, Gaļina Harjkova, Angelīna Vagele, Artūrs Mačanovskis

Natural fibers as the reinforcement in polymer composite materials are attracting additional attention during last years. Cotton, flax and hemp fibers together with the number of other natural fibre materials are being considered as an environmentally friendly and relatively lowcost alternative of synthetic reinforcement in structural composites.

Keywords
cotton fibres, cotton stockinet, knitting direction

Krasņikovs, A., Kononova, O., Harjkova, G., Vagele, A., Mačanovskis, A. Mechanical Properties Investigation of Cotton Stockinet and Their Composites. In: Sixteenth International Conference "Mechanics of Composite Materials" (MCM - 2010): Book of Abstracts, Latvia, Rīga, 24-28 May, 2010. Riga: Institute of Polymer Mechanics. University of Latvia, 2010, pp.110-110.

Publication language
English (en)