Fatigue behaviour of oil palm fruit bunch fibre/epoxy and carbon fibre/ epoxy composites

Composite Structures

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-44

  Kalam, Anizah ^a   Sahari, Barkawi B ^b   Khalid, Y A ^b   Wong, S V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Carbon fibre epoxy composite; Composite materials; Fatigue; Oil palm fruit bunch fibre epoxy composites

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; EPOXY RESINS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; FRUITS; OILS AND FATS; TENSILE STRESS; TENSILE TESTING;

CARBON FIBRE EPOXY COMPOSITES; FIBRE VOLUME RATIO; OIL PALM FRUIT BUNCH FIBRE EPOXY COMPOSITES; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRESS; UNIDIRECTIONAL TENSILE TESTS;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE;

EID: 24644438663     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2004.09.034     Document Type: Article

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