Study on the mechanical, rheological, and morphological properties of short Kevlar™ fiber/s-PS composites

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 623-629

  Mukherjee, M ^a   Kumar, S ^a   Bose, S ^a   Das, C K ^a   Kharitonov, A P ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b SEMENOV INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Reinforcement; Rheological properties

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; ELASTIC MODULI; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; IMPACT STRENGTH; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYSTYRENES; REINFORCEMENT; RHEOLOGY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

DYNAMIC MECHANICAL PROPERTIES (DMP); FIBER REINFORCEMENTS; FIBER-MATRIX ADHESION; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; STORAGE MODULUS; STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6); SYNDIOTACTIC POLYSTYRENE (S-PS); TWIN SCREW EXTRUDER (TSE);

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE PROPERTY; ELASTIC MODULUS; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; IMPACT RESISTANCE; INJECTION MOLDING; MATRIX; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MORPHOLOGY; POLYSTYRENE; RHEOLOGY; STRENGTH; TENSILE PROPERTY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 46749158419     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550802059782     Document Type: Article

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