Mechanical properties of woven banana fibre reinforced epoxy composites

Materials and Design

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 689-693

  Sapuan, S M ^a   Leenie, A ^a   Harimi, M ^b   Beng, Y K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

ANOVA one way; Epoxy composites; F test; Fibre; Flexural test; Mechanical properties; Tensile test; Woven banana

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULI; EPOXY RESINS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRESSES; TENSILE TESTING;

DEFLECTION; FLEXURAL TESTS; WOVEN BANANA FIBRE REINFORCED EPOXY;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

BENDING STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULI; EPOXY RESINS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRESSES; TENSILE TESTING;

EID: 33644635406     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2004.12.016     Document Type: Article

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