A comparative study on the flexural performance of plasma treated polypropylene fiber reinforced cementitious composites

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 209, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 5133-5144

  Felekoglu, Burak ^a   Tosun, Kamile ^a   Baradan, Bulent ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fiber reinforced cementitious composites; Plasma; Polyproplylene; Wettability

Indexed keywords

ADHESION IMPROVEMENTS; CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES; COLD PLASMAS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CRACKING STRENGTHS; EXPOSURE PERIODS; FIBER REINFORCED CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES; FIBER SURFACES; FLEXURAL STRENGTHS; LOW FREQUENCIES; MATRIXES; MODIFIED FIBERS; OXYGEN GAS; OXYGEN PLASMAS; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PHYSICAL CHANGES; PLASMA EXPOSURES; PLASMA TREATMENTS; POLYPROPLYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE FIBERS; POWER LEVELS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SEM; SEM IMAGES; STATIC CONTACT ANGLES; SURFACE WETTABILITIES; TEST RESULTS; WETTABILITY; WETTABILITY MEASUREMENTS;

ADHESION; ANGLE MEASUREMENT; ARGON; BENDING STRENGTH; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CONCRETES; CONTACT ANGLE; FIBERS; NANOFLUIDICS; OXYGEN; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THERMOPLASTICS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 67349095038     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2009.02.015     Document Type: Article

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