An investigation on worn surfaces of chopped glass fibre reinforced polyester through SEM observations

Tribology International

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 331-340

  El Tayeb, N S M ^a   Yousif, B F ^a   Yap, T C ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

CSM orientations; Dry sliding; Glass fibre; Polyester; SEM observations

Indexed keywords

ABRASIVES; FRICTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); POLYESTERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAINLESS STEEL;

CSM ORIENTATIONS; DRY SLIDING;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 38549177833     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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