Mechanical behavior of natural sisal fibers

Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 106-113

  De Silva, Flávio Andrade ^a   Chawla, Nikhilesh ^b   Filho, Romildo Dias Toledo ^c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Fractography; Natural fibers; Sisal fiber; Tensile behavior; Weibull analysis

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE; FATIGUE FRACTOGRAPHY; SISAL FIBERS; TENSILE BEHAVIORS; WEIBULL ANALYSIS;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GAGES; POPULATION STATISTICS; REINFORCEMENT; TENSILE TESTING; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

NATURAL FIBERS;

FAILURE; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NATURAL FIBERS; SISAL; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TENSILE TESTERS;

EID: 77955379197     PISSN: 15566560     EISSN: 15566579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jbmb.2010.1074     Document Type: Conference Paper

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