caa a22 4500 463247973 CHVBK 20180405153331.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10086-006-0836-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10086-006-0836-x Characterization of the morphological, physical, and mechanical properties of seven nonwood plant fiber bundles [Elektronische Daten] [Sasa Munawar, Kenji Umemura, Shuichi Kawai] The morphological, physical, and mechanical properties of the nonwood plant fiber bundles of ramie, pineapple, sansevieria, kenaf, abaca, sisal, and coconut fiber bundles were investigated. All fibers except those of coconut fiber had noncircular cross-sectional shapes. The crosssectional area of the fiber bundles was evaluated by an improved method using scanning electron microscope images. The coefficient factor defined as the ratio of the cross-sectional area determined by diameter measurement, to the cross-sectional area determined by image analysis was between 0.92 and 0.96 for all fibers. This indicated that the area determined by diameter measurement was available. The densities of the fiber bundles decreased with increasing diameters. The diameters of each fiber species had small variation of around 3.4%-9.8% within a specimen. The tensile strength and Young's modulus of ramie, pineapple, and sansevieria fiber bundles showed excellent values in comparison with the other fibers. The tensile strength and Young's modulus showed a decreasing trend with increasing diameter of fiber bundles. The Japan Wood Research Society, 2006 Plant fiber nationallicence Physical properties nationallicence Mechanical properties nationallicence Morphological characteristic nationallicence Cross-sectional area nationallicence Munawar Sasa Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, 611-0011, Kyoto, Japan aut Umemura Kenji Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, 611-0011, Kyoto, Japan aut Kawai Shuichi Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, 611-0011, Kyoto, Japan aut Journal of Wood Science Springer-Verlag 53/2(2007-04-01), 108-113 1435-0211 53:2<108 2007 53 10086 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10086-006-0836-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10086-006-0836-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Munawar Sasa Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, 611-0011, Kyoto, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Umemura Kenji Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, 611-0011, Kyoto, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kawai Shuichi Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, 611-0011, Kyoto, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Wood Science Springer-Verlag 53/2(2007-04-01), 108-113 1435-0211 53:2<108 2007 53 10086 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer