Fiber length and orientation in long-fiber injection-molded thermoplastics - Part I: Modeling of microstructure and elastic properties

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1003-1029

  Nguyen, Ba Nghiep ^a   Bapanapalli, Satish K ^a   Holbery, James D ^a   Smith, Mark T ^a   Kunc, Vlastimil ^b   Frame, Barbara J ^b   Phelps, Jay H ^c   Tucker, Charles L ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic properties; Fiber length distribution; Fiber orientation; Injection molding; Long fiber thermoplastics

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; INJECTION MOLDING; STIFFNESS; THERMOPLASTICS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FIBER LENGTH DISTRIBUTION (FLD); LONG FIBER THERMOPLASTICS;

MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 43149109706     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998308088606     Document Type: Article

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