Textile fibers fractography

Textile fiber fractography was initially developed at UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology), especially by Hearle. Fiber fractography and the classes of fracture were reviewed by Hearle and Simmens [15] and further defined later [29, 30]. These classes are shown in Table 5.1 with examples and appropriate references. The mechanism of fiber failure can be determined by fractography studies (Section 4.8.1) in the SEM. Typically, fibers broken during a standard physical test, such as... 

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