Effect of plasma treatment of polyethylene fibers on interface and cementitious composite properties

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 700-704

  Li, Victor C ^a   Wu, Hwai Chung ^a,b   Chan, Yin Wen ^a  

^a University of Michigan   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; POLYETHYLENES; STRAIN HARDENING; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITE PROPERTIES; PLASMA TREATMENT EFFECT; SINGLE FIBER PULLOUT TEST;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0030105976     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1996.tb07932.x     Document Type: Article

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