Micromechanical characterisation of fibres from nettle grown on marginal lands

The main objective of this PhD thesis is the development and exploitation of instruments and methods for the automated micromechanical characterization of nettle fibres.

The main tasks related to the work will be:

-           Static and dynamic characterization of single nettle fibres under various solicitation modes using micro mechatronics systems and 2D full-field measurements.

-           Development and exploitation of a generic and integrated set-up for in-situ measurements (SEM, X-ray nanotomography).

-           Development and exploitation of an innovative set-up to determine the inter-fiber shear strength.

The proposed PhD thesis is co-funded by the Graduate School EIPHI (https://gradschool.eiphi.ubfc.fr/) and the European project NETFIB (https://www.suscrop.eu/projects-first-call/netfib).