Short banana fiber reinforced polyester composites: Mechanical, failure and aging characteristics

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 744-765

  Pothan, Laly A ^a   Thomas, Sabu ^b   Neelakantan, N R ^c  

^a BISHOP MOORE COLLEGE   (India)

^b MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Aging; Banana fiber; Coupling agent; Polyester

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; AGING OF MATERIALS; BENDING STRENGTH; BONDING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MORPHOLOGY; POLYESTERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACES; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER ABSORPTION;

BANANA FIBER; FIBER CONTENT EFFECT; FIBER LENGTH EFFECT; FIBER PULLOUT; INTERFACE BONDING; PIGGOT EQUATION; SHORT BANANA FIBER REINFORCED POLYESTER COMPOSITE; SILANE COUPLING AGENT;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0030682933     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073168449701600806     Document Type: Article

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