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Subject Area

Textile Engineering

Article Type

Original Study

Abstract

The growing demand for eco-friendly products has increased interest in natural fibers such as flax for composite materials, yet high costs limit industrial adoption. This research aims to utilize less expensive Egyptian flax secondary fibers and multifunctional characterization of locally produced flax cords to develop high-performance composite tubes via filament winding. An additional objective is to treat these fibers for technical applications, offering a sustainable alternative to synthetic materials.

Egyptian flax cords were processed using a filament winding technique to fabricate composite tubes. The study investigated the effects of varying the number of layers (e.g., 80/14 and 40/14/40 configurations), the incorporation of a supporting fabric layer, and the inclination angle (e.g., 76.53/89/76.53 and 76.53/fabric layer/76.53 configurations) on tube performance.

The resulting flax composite tubes demonstrated significant improvement in both internal and external pressure resistance compared to conventional polyvinyl chloride (PVC) tubes.

The findings confirm that Egyptian flax fibers possess strong potential for high-performance composite applications, providing a sustainable and cost-effective alternative to synthetic materials. The promising results support further development of locally sourced flax for technical uses.

Keywords

Flax waste, flax cords, filament winding composite tubes

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