Direct forming of all-polypropylene composites products from fabrics made of Co-extruded tapes

Applied Composite Materials

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-134

  Alcock, B ^a   Cabrera, N O ^a,b   Barkoula, N M ^a,c   Peijs, T ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fabrics textiles; Self reinforced composites; Thermoforming; Thermoplastic composites

Indexed keywords

FABRICS; PAPER SHEETING; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PUMPING PLANTS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; STAMPING; TEXTILE FINISHING; THERMOFORMING; THERMOPLASTICS; WINDOWS;

COMPOSITE PRODUCTS; FABRICS/TEXTILES; HIGH STRENGTHS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; POLYMER COMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITES; PROCESSING WINDOWS; SELF REINFORCED COMPOSITES; SELF-REINFORCED; SIMPLE GEOMETRIES; THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES;

PRESSING (FORMING);

EID: 62449186327     PISSN: 0929189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10443-009-9081-y     Document Type: Article

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