Influence of fibre and matrix modifications on mechanical and physical properties of flax fibre reinforced poly(propylene)

Macromolecular Materials and Engineering

Volumn 286, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 237-242

  Van De Velde, Kathleen ^a   Kiekens, Paul ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Values for stress transfer (in ) between fibre and matrix for different composites. The error bars are the variation coefficients of the flexural strengths

Indexed keywords

MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; POLYPROPYLENE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DENSITY; FIBER; FLAX; MECHANICS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SHEAR RATE;

EID: 0035971529     PISSN: 14387492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1439-2054(20010401)286:4<237::AID-MAME237>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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