Study on fiber weight fraction effect on tensile modulus of polystyrene (PS) composites reinforced with short glass fiber (sgf) based on their fiber orientation

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 427-432

  SadAbadi, Hamid ^a   Ghasemi, Masood ^a  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fiber interaction coefficient; Fiber orientation tensor; Injection molding process; Short glass fiber (SGF) composites; Tensile modulus of elasticity

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; INJECTION MOLDING; POLYSTYRENES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

FIBER INTERACTION COEFFICIENT; FIBER ORIENTATION TENSOR; WEIGHT FRACTION;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

ELASTIC MODULI; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; INJECTION MOLDING; POLYSTYRENES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; INJECTION MOLDING; POLYSTYRENE; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 41749108897     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550801898354     Document Type: Article

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