Durability of hybrid polypropylene-glass fibre cement corrugated sheets

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-84

  Xu, G ^b   Magnani, S ^b   Hannant, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Durability; Fibrillated polypropylene networks; Glass fibres; Hybrid sheets; Load deflection curves; Natural weathering; PP sheets

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CORRUGATED MATERIALS; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); DURABILITY; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; GLASS FIBERS; PLASTIC SHEETS; POLYPROPYLENES; TOUGHNESS; WEATHERING;

FIBRILLATED POLYPROPYLENE NETWORKS; HYBRID POLYPROPYLENE GLASS FIBER CEMENT CORRUGATED SHEETS;

CEMENTS;

EID: 0031999254     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-9465(97)00075-9     Document Type: Article

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