Static, fatigue and impact behaviour of an autoclaved flax fibre reinforced composite for aerospace engineering

This work describes the physical and mechanical characterization of unidirectional [0]12 and crossply [(0/90)3/0‾]S flax fibre reinforced composites fabricated in autoclave using a prepreg flax tape impregnated with fire retardant epoxy polymer. Tensile, bending and impact properties are evaluated along the longitudinal and transverse fibre directions. The tensile-tensile fatigue behaviour is characterised along the fibre direction. Physical and...