Strength evaluation of curaua fibers with variation in cross-sectional area

Zairyo/Journal of the Society of Materials Science, Japan

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 454-460

  Tanabe, Katsunori ^a   Matsuo, Takanori ^a   Gomes, Alexandre ^a   Goda, Koichi ^a   Ohgi, Junji ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross sectional area; Curaua fibers; Green composites; Natural fibers; Tensile strength; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA; CROSS-SECTIONAL AREAS; CURAUA FIBERS; FIBER AXES; FIBER STRENGTHS; GREEN COMPOSITES; ORTHOGONAL DIRECTIONS; OVER-ESTIMATION; PROBABILISTIC DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; SINGLE FIBERS; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; STRENGTH EVALUATION; STRONG CORRELATIONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIBULL THEORY;

CORRELATION METHODS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FIBER OPTICS; NATURAL FIBERS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

FIBERS;

COMPOSITES; CORRELATION; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; NATURAL FIBERS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 48849111663     PISSN: 05145163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2472/jsms.57.454     Document Type: Article

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