Mechanical properties of short random oil palm fibre reinforced epoxy composites

Sains Malaysiana

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-92

  Zuhri, Mohd ^a   Yusoff, Mohamed ^a   Mohd Sapuan, Salit ^a   Ismail, Napsiah ^a   Wirawan, Riza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Empty fruit bunch; Epoxy; Flexural properties; Tensile properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649168851     PISSN: 01266039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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