Design and development of a long fiber thermoplastic bus seat

Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-154

  Bartus, S D ^a   Vaidya, U K ^a   Ulven, C A ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrusion compression molding; Long fiber thermoplastic; Process modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION MOLDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EXTRUSION MOLDING; GLASS FIBERS; GROUND VEHICLES; POLYPROPYLENES; PRODUCT DESIGN;

EXTRUSION-COMPRESSION MOLDING; LONG FIBER THERMOPLASTICS; PROCESS MODELING;

THERMOPLASTICS;

EID: 33646685645     PISSN: 08927057     EISSN: 15307980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0892705706062184     Document Type: Article

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