Fabrication and properties of recycled cellulose fibre-reinforced epoxy composites

Composite Interfaces

Volumn 16, Issue 7-9, 2009, Pages 659-669

  Low, I M ^a   Somers, J ^a   Kho, H S ^a   Davies, I J ^a   Latella, B A ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Composites; Crack bridging; Fracture; Moisture absorption; Recycled cellulose fibre

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED EXPOSURE; APPLIED LOADS; COMPOSITES; CRACK-BRIDGING; EPOXY-MATRIX COMPOSITE; FAILURE PROCESS; FLEXURAL MODULUS; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; IMPACT PROPERTY; IMPACT TOUGHNESS; MOISTURE ABSORPTION; RECYCLED CELLULOSE FIBRE; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS;

ABSORPTION; CELLULOSE; CRACKS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MOISTURE; RECYCLING; REINFORCEMENT; SEAWATER EFFECTS; TEXTILE FIBERS;

FRACTURE;

ABSORPTION; CELLULOSE FIBERS; COMPOSITES; CRACKS; FRACTURE; MOISTURE; RECYCLING; REINFORCEMENT; SEA WATER; TEXTILE FIBERS;

EID: 72749106597     PISSN: 09276440     EISSN: 15685543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/092764409X12477417562210     Document Type: Article

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