Hybrid polypropylene-glass/cement corrugated sheets

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 459-466

  Xu, G ^a   Magnani, S ^a   Mesturini, G ^a   Hannant, D J ^b  

^a Fibronit Srl   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corrugated sheet; Critical polypropylene volume; Fibrillated polypropylene networks; Glass fibres; Hybrid composites; Mechanical properties; Retiver process

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CEMENTS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; GLASS FIBERS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYPROPYLENES; STIFFNESS; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TOUGHNESS; VOLUME FRACTION;

CORRUGATED SHEET; FIBRILLATED POLYPROPYLENE NETWORK; HYBRID COMPOSITES; RETIVER PROCESS;

CORRUGATED MATERIALS;

EID: 0029700564     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1359-835X(95)00078-G     Document Type: Article

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