Injection moulding of long glass fibre reinforced polyamide 6-6: Guidelines to improve flexural properties

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 456-466

  Lafranche, E ^a   Krawczak, P ^a   Ciolczyk, J P ^b   Maugey, J ^b  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE DOUAI   (France)

^b Research Department ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Fibre content distribution; Fibre orientation; Long fibre thermoplastics; Mechanical properties; Polymer composites

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249103437     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2007.64     Document Type: Article

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