Fracture characterisation of short bamboo fibre reinforced polyester composites

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4147-4154

  Wong, K J ^a   Zahi, S ^b   Low, K O ^b   Lim, C C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

A. Composites; B. Bamboo fibre; E. Fracture behaviour

Indexed keywords

B. BAMBOO FIBRE; CHARACTERISATION; E. FRACTURE; FAILURE MECHANISM; FIBRE CONTENT; FIBRE LENGTH; FIBRE REINFORCED; FIBRE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR; FRACTURED SURFACES; MATRIX; POLYESTER COMPOSITES; POSITIVE EFFECTS; SEM;

BAMBOO; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FIBERS;

EID: 77953543633     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.04.029     Document Type: Article

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