Cars from bio-fibres

Macromolecular Materials and Engineering

Volumn 291, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 449-457

  Bledzki, Andrzej K ^a   Faruk, Omar ^a,b   Sperber, Volker E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTIC WAVES; AUTOMOBILES; BENDING STRENGTH; COMPRESSION MOLDING;

ACOUSTIC ABSORPTION; AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS; BIO-FIBRES;

NATURAL FIBERS;

ABSORPTION; BEND STRENGTH; COMPRESSION MOLDING; NATURAL FIBERS;

EID: 33744779921     PISSN: 14387492     EISSN: 14392054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mame.200600113     Document Type: Review

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