The event has been a great success with about 150 participants. The quality of the several presentations and the interesting discussions that derived from it made this event even better and rewarding.
Winners:
1. Jason GOVILAS - University Franche-Comté, France
Investigation of the mechanics of interface between individual plant fibers using micro-mechatronics
2. Emmanuelle RICHELY - INRAE Nantes, France
Combined experimental and numerical approaches to grasp the mechanical behaviour of flax fibres and bundles
3.
- Ana Carolina CONSTANCIO TRINDADE - PUC-Rio, Brazil
Natural fiber-reinforced geopolymers exposed to accelerated aging tests
- Delphin PANTALONI - University of South Brittany, France
Are biodegradable polymers suitable as matrix for biodegradable flax composites ?
- Farzin JAVANSHOUR - Tampere University, Finland
Interfacial Toughening of Flax Fibre Reinforced Composites for Better Impact Resistance
- Alexandros PRAPAVESIS - KU Leuven, Belgium
Full-field 3D Strain Mapping of Flax Fibre Composites by Means of 4D X-CT Digital Volume Correlation