Durability of bamboo-glass fiber reinforced polymer matrix hybrid composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 375-387

  Thwe, Moe Moe ^a   Liao, Kin ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

A. Aging; A. Natural fiber composites; B. Durability; Fatigue

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CYCLIC LOADS; DEGRADATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; INJECTION MOLDING; MOISTURE; REDUCTION; TENSILE TESTING; WATER;

HYGROTHERMAL AGING;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

GLASS FIBER; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE POLYPROPYLENE; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE;

COMPOSITE MATERIAL; ELASTICITY; INJECTION MOLDING TECHNIQUE; MOISTURE; PLANT FIBER; SAMPLE; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGING; BAMBOO FIBER; DURABILITY; FATIGUE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER;

EID: 0037300734     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(02)00225-7     Document Type: Article

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