Effect of load levels and plastic type on creep behavior of wood sawdust/HDPE composites

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 28, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 2645-2653

  Najafi, Abdollah ^a   Najafi, Saeed Kazemi ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Creep behavior; High density polyethylene; Load; Sawdust; Wood plastic composite

Indexed keywords

BENDING LOAD; COMPOSITE PANELS; CREEP BEHAVIOR; CREEP BEHAVIORS; CREEP DEFLECTION; LOAD; LOAD LEVELS; MIXED POWDER; NON-LINEAR; POWER LAW; SHORT TERM; WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITE; WOOD SAWDUST;

CREEP; RECYCLING; RESINS; THERMOPLASTICS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

PLASTICS;

CREEP; LOADS; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER WOOD COMBINATIONS; RECYCLING; SAW DUST; THERMOPLASTICS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 70449507326     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: 15307964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731684408093320     Document Type: Article

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