Tensile properties and creep response of polypropylene fibre composites with variation of fibre diameter

Polymer International

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1752-1759

  Houshyar, S ^a   Shanks, R A ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Composites; Mechanical properties; Polypropylene; Reinforcement; Thermoplastics

Indexed keywords

CREEP; ELASTIC MODULI; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STIFFNESS; TENSILE PROPERTIES; WETTING;

CREEP RESPONSE; FIBER DIAMETER;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

CREEP; FIBER DIAMETER; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MORPHOLOGY; POLYPROPYLENE FIBER; THERMOPLASTIC FIBER;

EID: 6444230907     PISSN: 09598103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pi.1569     Document Type: Article

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