Physical and mechanical properties of a highly filled old corrugated container (OCC) fiber/polyethylene composite

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1166-1172

  Tajvidi, Mehdi ^a   Bahrami, Mehdi ^a   Ekhtera, Mohammad Hasan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Composites; Dimensional Stability; HDPE; OCC

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITES; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; NONLINEAR CURVE FITTING; OLD CORRUGATED CONTAINER; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RECYCLED FIBERS; SWELLING BEHAVIOR; SWELLING MODELS; SWELLING RATE CONSTANT; SWELLING RATES; THAW CYCLING; THICKNESS SWELLING;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CORRUGATED CONTAINERS; CURVE FITTING; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RATE CONSTANTS; SWELLING; THERMOPLASTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER ABSORPTION;

DIMENSIONAL STABILITY;

COMPOSITES; CORRUGATED BOXES; DENSITY; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SWELLING; THERMOPLASTICS; WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 77953002825     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: 15307964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731684409103084     Document Type: Article

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