This book presents the state of the art in fiber formation principles, including many original and crucial yet published developments by the author. The material is presented from the theoretical side with the evidence of agreement with experiment; with a few exceptions, uncorro…
This book presents the state of the art in fiber formation principles, including many original and crucial yet published developments by the author. The material is presented from the theoretical side with the evidence of agreement with experiment; with a few exceptions, uncorro…
This book presents the state of the art in fiber formation principles, including many original and crucial yet published developments by the author. The material is presented from the theoretical side with the evidence of agreement with experiment; with a few exceptions, uncorro…
Fiber fracture
In the first part of the thesis we introduce a new method to characterize picosecond optical pulses that employs nonlinear propagation through optical fibers as a diagnostic tool. This technique takes advantage of the well-known nonlinear response of optical fibers and well-deve…
Traditional methods for measuring the adhesion between fiber and polymers, using single fibers, have problems due to the unknown frictional effects, Poisson's shrinkages or expansions, and uncertainties about failure process. Also environmental studies using these techniques are…
This Thesis presents a study on feasibility of continuous extrusion processing for the manufacture of fine-celled plastic/wood-fiber composite foams. The main benefits of incorporating wood-fibers in plastics are the increased stiffness and lowered cost of the resulting composit…
Natural fibers, biopolymers, and biocomposites