The flexural modulus of misaligned short-fiber-reinforced polymers

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1533-1542

  Fu, Shao Yun ^a   Hu, Xiao ^a   Yue, Chee Yoon ^a  

^a Adv Mat Res Ctr Nanyang T   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fiber length distribution; Fiber orientation distribution; Flexural modulus; Laminate analogy approach; Short fiber composites

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; FIBERS; INJECTION MOLDING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

FIBER LENGTH DISTRIBUTION; FIBER ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTION; FLEXURAL MODULUS; LAMINATE ANALOGY APPROACH; SHORT FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERS;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

ANALYSIS; FIBER LENGTH; FIBER ORIENTATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE;

EID: 0033179973     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(99)00022-6     Document Type: Article

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