Temperature and loading rate effects on tensile properties of kenaf bast fiber bundles and composites

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 189-196

  Xue, Yibin ^a   Du, Yicheng ^b   Elder, Steve ^c   Wang, Kunpeng ^d   Zhang, Jilei ^b  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Natural fiber composites; C. Statistical properties; D. Mechanical testing; Temperature effects

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; HEMP; KENAF FIBERS; LOADING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL TESTING; MICROMECHANICS; NATURAL FIBERS; RANGE FINDING; REINFORCED PLASTICS; STRAIN RATE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL EFFECTS;

A. NATURAL FIBER COMPOSITES; ANISOTROPIC ELASTICS; C. STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; COMPOSITE FABRICATIONS; D. MECHANICAL TESTING; EPOXY COMPOSITES; FAILURE STRAINS; FIBER PROCESSING; HIGH TEMPERATURES; KENAF BAST FIBERS; LOADING RATE EFFECTS; LOADING RATES; MICROMECHANICS-BASED MODELING; MICROSTRUCTURAL COMPOSITIONS; MORI-TANAKA; REINFORCED EPOXIES; SAMPLE SETS; SERVICE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; TENSILE MODULUS; UNIAXIAL TENSIONS;

EPOXY RESINS;

ASSEMBLY; BAST FIBERS; COMPOSITES; EPOXIDES; KENAF; LOADING; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRAINS; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

EID: 60949084360     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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