The water absorption behaviour of all-polypropylene composites and its effect on mechanical properties

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 268-275

  Deng, H ^a,b   Reynolds, C T ^a   Cabrera, N O ^a,c   Barkoula, N M ^a,d   Alcock, B ^a   Peijs, T ^a,c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Environmental degradation; C. Analytical modelling; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELLING; C. ANALYTICAL MODELLING; COMMERCIAL GLASS; COMPOSITE LAMINATE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FABRIC ARCHITECTURES; FREEZING AND THAWING; MECHANICAL DEGRADATION; NATURAL FIBRE; POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE; SELF-REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENES; WATER UPTAKE; WOVEN FABRICS;

DEGRADATION; FABRICS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; TEXTILE FINISHING; THERMOPLASTICS; WATER ABSORPTION;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 77951208798     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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