Fiber length distribution measurement for long glass and carbon fiber reinforced injection molded thermoplastics

SPE Automotive and Composites Divisions - 7th Annual Automotive Composites Conference and Exhibition, ACCE 2007 - Driving Performance and Productivity

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 866-876

  Kunc, Vlastimil ^a   Frame, Barbara ^a   Nguyen, Ba Nghiep ^b   Tucker III, Charles L ^c   Velez Garcia, Gregorio ^d  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LENGTH; FIBER LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS; FIBER SEPARATION; FIBER TYPES; LENGTH MEASUREMENT; LONG FIBER; SAMPLE SELECTION; SHORT FIBER;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILE EXHIBITIONS; CARBON FIBERS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FIBERS; GLASS; INJECTION MOLDING; PRODUCTIVITY; THERMOPLASTICS;

REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 70349445556     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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