The fracture toughness of bast fibre reinforced polyester composites: Part 1 Evaluation and analysis

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 37, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 4669-4676

  Hughes, M ^a   Hill, C A S ^a   Hague, J R B ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLASS FIBERS; LAMINATES; POLYESTERS; TENSILE STRENGTH; VOLUME FRACTION;

CHOPPED STRAND MATS (CSM);

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0036848522     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020621020862     Document Type: Article

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