Variability of Tensile Properties of Fibers from Pseudostem of Banana Plant

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 387-393

  Mukhopadhyay, Samrat ^a   Fangueiro, Raul ^a   Shivankar, Vijay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b Anuradha Engineering College   (India)

Author keywords

mechanical; Natural textile fiber; tensile

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FRUITS; GAGES;

BANANA FIBERS; BANANA PLANT; FIBER PROPERTIES; LINEAR DENSITY; MECHANICAL; NATURAL TEXTILE FIBERS; PROPERTIES OF FIBER; TENSILE;

FIBERS;

BANANA FIBERS; DENSITY; FIBER OPTICS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TEXTILE FIBERS; VARIABILITY; WEAVING;

BANANA FIBER; DIAMETER; LENGTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; SPEED; TENACITY; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 62149121282     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517508090479     Document Type: Article

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