Fracture behavior of sisal fiber-reinforced starch-based composites

Polymer Composites

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 316-323

  Alvarez, V ^a   Vazquez A ^a   Bemal, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRACK INITIATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; IMPACT TESTING;

BIOCOMPOSITES; FIBER CONTENT; FIBER LENGTH; FIBER LOADING;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 23044481549     PISSN: 02728397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pc.20103     Document Type: Article

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