Fibre orientation in short-fibre-reinforced thermoplastics II. Quantitative measurements by image analysis

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 547-560

  Mlekusch, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

A. Glass fibres; A. Short fibre composites; E. Injection moulding

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INJECTION MOLDING; TENSORS; THERMOPLASTICS;

FIBER ORIENTATION; SHORT FIBER COMPOSITES; STATE ORIENTATION TENSORS;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 0033103334     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(98)00101-8     Document Type: Article

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