Mechanical properties of elastomeric composite membranes made from the porous biaxially drawn ultrahigh-molecular-weightpolyethylene film and polyether polyurethane materials

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 2371-2380

  Tang, Zhenggui ^a,b   Teoh, Swee Hin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NONE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

B. mechanical properties; B. microstructure; Fibrous composites

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; COMPACTION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; ELASTOMERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLASTIC CASTINGS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYURETHANES; POROUS MATERIALS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL EFFECTS; TOUGHNESS;

FIBROUS COMPOSITES;

FIBROUS MEMBRANES;

MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MEMBRANE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYURETHANE; TENSILE PROPERTY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0035657055     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(01)00175-0     Document Type: Article

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