22—STRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF VEGETABLE FIBRES: II. A MICRO-EXTENSOMETER FOR THE AUTOMATIC RECORDING OF LOAD-EXTENSION CURVES FOR SINGLE FIBROUS CELLS
- 1 July 1958
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of the Textile Institute Transactions
- Vol. 49 (7) , T309-T316
- https://doi.org/10.1080/19447025808662441
Abstract
The paper describes the performance of a micro-extensometer for the automatic recording of load–extension curves of single vegetable fibres. The total final load can be varied up to at least 40 kg/mm2 and the extension at full-scale deflection can be varied from less than 1% to about 100%. Sample load–extension curses of two sisal fibres are presented to show the wide variation of mechanical properties with the molecular structure of the fibre wall.Keywords
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