Some New Concepts of the Relation between Fibre Orientation, Fibre Geometry, and Mechanical Properties

Abstract

Following the initial work of Cox (1), a number of studies has been carried out with the objective of predicting the in-plane mechanical behaviour of paper in terms of the geometrical structure of the fibre network and the mechanical properties of the fibres. Recently Perkin s(2) developed a self-consistent model based on the straight segments of the fibres.