Effects of interphase and fibre content on the mechanical behavior of weft-knitted glass fibre reinforced polypropylene

Advanced Composites Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 31-36

  Karger Kocsis, J ^a   Moos, E ^a   Czigany T ^b  

^a INSTITUT FÜR VERBUNDWERKSTOFFE GMBH   (Germany)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Commingled yarn; Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA); Interface; Knitted fabric reinforced; Perforation impact; Polypropylene (PP); Stiffness anisotropy; Strength anisotropy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031286492     PISSN: 09636935     EISSN: 2633366X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096369359700600201     Document Type: Article

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