Relationship between fiber degradation and residence time distribution in the processing of long fiber reinforced thermoplastics

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 560-568

  Zhuang, H ^a   Ren, P ^a   Zong, Y ^a   Dai, G C ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Fiber degradation; LFT; Polymer composites; Reinforcements; RTD

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149093371     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2008.68     Document Type: Article

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