Composites from ground chicken quill and polypropylene

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 790-798

  Huda, Shah ^a   Yang, Yiqi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Particle reinforced composites; A. Short fiber composites; A. Structural materials; B. Mechanical properties; Quill

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE ABSORPTION; BENDING STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; NOISE ABATEMENT; POLYPROPYLENES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

OFFSET YIELD LOAD; PARTICLE-REINFORCED COMPOSITES; QUILL; SHORT-FIBER COMPOSITES;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE PROPERTY; DENSITY; ELASTICITY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; JUTE FIBER; OPTIMIZATION; POLYPROPYLENE FIBER; STRENGTH; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 38649094636     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2007.08.015     Document Type: Article

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