The effect of temperature and strain rate on the impact performance of recyclable all-polypropylene composites

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 537-547

  Alcock, B ^a   Cabrera, N O ^a,b   Barkoula, N M ^a   Wang, Z ^a   Peijs, T ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

A. Polymer (textile) fibre; B. Impact behaviour; E. Recycling; E. Tape; Self reinforced

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; GLASS TRANSITION; POLYPROPYLENES; RECYCLING; STRAIN RATE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

IMPACT BEHAVIOR; POLYMER FIBER; SELF-REINFORCED;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 40149109166     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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