Some experimental and theoretical investigations on fire retardant coir/epoxy micro-composites

Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-101

  Misra, R K ^a   Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Sandeep, K ^b   Misra, Ashok ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Coir fiber; Epoxy resin; Fire retardant; Multiquadric radial basis function

Indexed keywords

COIR FIBERS; FLEXURAL MODULUS; MULTIQUADRIC RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION; TEMPORAL DISCRETIZATION;

BENDING STRENGTH; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; FLAME RETARDANTS;

EPOXY RESINS;

EID: 37249092892     PISSN: 08927057     EISSN: 15307980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0892705707084544     Document Type: Article

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