An Application of Experimental Design to the Development of Glass Fibre Reinforced Polyester Laminates with Enhanced Mechanical Properties

Polymer Testing

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 345-356

  Skrifvars, Mikael ^a   Mackin, Thomas ^b   Skagerberg, Bert ^a,c  

^a Neste Oil Oyj   (Finland)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c Astra Production Chemicals AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELAMINATION; GLASS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; POLYESTERS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

DELAMINATION STRENGTH; DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM METHOD; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED POLYESTER LAMINATES; SURFACE MODELLING; WEDGE TEST;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0032132328     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9418(97)00062-7     Document Type: Article

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