Tensile stress relaxation of short-coir-fiber-reinforced natural rubber composites

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 96-104

  Geethamma, V G ^a   Pothen, Laly A ^b   Rhao, Bhaskar ^c   Neelakantan, N R ^c   Thomas, Sabu ^d  

^a VEER SURENDRA SAI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b BISHOP MOORE COLLEGE   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^d MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Composites; Fibers; Relaxation; Rubber; Stress

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMERS; ENTROPY; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; POLYESTERS; POLYMERS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; RUBBER; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FIBER LOADING; INFLECTION POINTS; RUBBER COMPOSITES; SHORT-COIR-FIBER-REINFORCED;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

COIR FIBER; FIBER ORIENTATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FIBER-MATRIX ADHESION; STRESS; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 4444321579     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.20746     Document Type: Article

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