Rigidity analysis of polypropylene/vegetal fibre composites after recycling

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 297-305

  Bourmaud, Alain ^a   Baley, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Nanoindentation: micromechanical models; Recycling; Vegetal fibres

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOINDENTATION; POLYPROPYLENES; RECYCLING; REINFORCED PLASTICS; STIFFNESS; TENSILE TESTING;

EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; LONGITUDINAL YOUNG'S MODULUS; MICROMECHANICAL MODEL; MODEL PREDICTION; POLYMER DEGRADATION; POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE; REPROCESSING CYCLES; TENSILE STIFFNESS;

PLASTIC RECYCLING;

EID: 59249098253     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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