On the mechanical properties of a treated betelnut fibre-reinforced polyester composite

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 224, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1805-1814

  Yousif, B F ^a   Nirmal, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^b MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

mechanical properties; polyester composite; treated betelnut fibre

Indexed keywords

FAILURE MECHANISM; FIBRE BREAKAGE; FIBRE MATS; HARDNESS TEST; MECHANICAL TESTS; OUTER LAYER; POLYESTER COMPOSITE; POLYESTER COMPOSITES; TENSILE TESTS; TREATED BETELNUT FIBRE;

FIBERS; HARDNESS; HARDNESS TESTING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE TESTING;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 77957002825     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544062JMES1943     Document Type: Article

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