Theoretical and experimental study of the effect of fiber heads on the mechanical properties of non-continuous basalt fiber reinforced composites

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-121

  Vas, L M ^a   Poloskei K ^a   Felhos D ^a   Deak T ^a   Czigany T ^a,b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Basalt fiber; Fiber head; Finite element model; Modeling and simulation; Polymer composites

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248981925     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2007.19     Document Type: Article

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