Effect of injections on the orientation of short fibre composites. An optical microscopic analysis

Polymer Testing

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 467-475

  Correa R A ^a   Nunes, R C R ^a   Franco Filho, W Z ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Sociedade Fabr de Elastomeros Ltda ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; CELLULOSE; MOLDING; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYAMIDES; POLYURETHANES; STRESSES; TENSILE PROPERTIES; WEAR RESISTANCE;

SHORT FIBER REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES; SURFACE LIGHT REFLECTED PHOTOMICROGRAPHS;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0030270797     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0142-9418(96)00007-4     Document Type: Article

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