Abstract
Orientation of fibre preforms is an important factor that affects the properties of short natural plant fibre composites. In this paper, oriented short hemp fibre mats were produced using dynamic sheet forming and the fibre orientation distribution in the mats was analysed using ImageJ software as well as by a simple program developed on a MATLAB software package. The OrientationJ plug-in of ImageJ gave an orientation distribution curve with a peak at a predominant direction of 0° supporting alignment during dynamic sheet forming and from MATLAB software, a mean ratio of 0.64 was obtained for the oriented mats compared to 0.74 for an aligned bundles.
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Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.
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