Measuring the development of fibre orientation during the melt extrusion of short glass fibre reinforced polypropylene

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 949-958

  Hine, P J ^a   Tsui, S W ^b   Coates, P D ^b   Ward, I M ^a   Duckett, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composites; Extrusion; Mechanical properties; Short fibres

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; EXTRUSION; EXTRUSION DIES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYPROPYLENES; STRAIN;

CRACK RESISTANCE; MELT EXTRUSION;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0031351343     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(97)00070-5     Document Type: Article

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