Harakeke (phormium tenax) fibre-waste plastics blend composites processed by screwless extrusion

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 645-649

  Jayaraman, Krishnan ^a   Halliwell, Rex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

A. Harakeke (phormium tenax) fibre waste plastics blend composites; B. Mechanical properties; E. Extrusion; E. Forming; E. Injection moulding

Indexed keywords

A. HARAKEKE (PHORMIUM TENAX) FIBRE-WASTE PLASTICS BLEND COMPOSITES; B. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; E. EXTRUSION; E. FORMING; E. INJECTION MOULDING;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELASTOMERS; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; NATURAL POLYMERS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTICITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOFORMING;

EXTRUSION;

EID: 69249213990     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2009.04.010     Document Type: Article

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