Stiffness of aligned wood fiber composites: Effect of microstructure and phase properties

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 42, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 2377-2405

  Marklund, Erik ^a   Varna, Janis ^b   Neagu, R Cristian ^c   Gamstedt, E Kristofer ^d  

^a SWEREA SICOMP AB   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d INNVENTIA AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anisotropic; Composite; Self consistent; Transverse properties; Wood fiber

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ANISOTROPY; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; RESINS; SELF ASSEMBLY; STIFFNESS; WOOD; WOOD PRODUCTS;

ANISOTROPIC; COMPOSITE; SELF-CONSISTENT; TRANSVERSE PROPERTIES; WOOD FIBER;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ANISOTROPY; CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITES; FIBER OPTICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PLASTICS; STIFFNESS; WOOD FIBERS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 53249090534     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998308095886     Document Type: Article

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