Flexural properties and orthotropic swelling behavior of bagasse/thermoplastic composites

BioResources

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 650-660

  Zabihzadeh, Seyed Majid ^a  

^a SARI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bagasse; Composite; Flexural properties; Orthotropic swelling; Strain rate; Water absorption

Indexed keywords

APPLIED STRAIN; COMPOSITE; DIMENSIONAL INSTABILITY; FICKIAN DIFFUSION; FLEXURAL MODULUS; FLEXURAL PROPERTIES; FLEXURAL RESPONSE; ORTHOTROPIC SWELLING; POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SWELLING BEHAVIOR;

ALGEBRA; BAGASSE; BENDING STRENGTH; FILLED POLYMERS; POLYETHYLENES; SWELLING; THERMOPLASTICS; WATER ABSORPTION;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 77956093218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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