Analysis of tensile and flexural strengths of single and double gated injection moulded short glass fibre reinforced PBT/PC composites

Plastics, Rubber and Composites

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 343-349

  Hashemi, S ^a   Khamsehnezhad, A ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mechanical testing; Polymer composites; Weibull analysis; Weldline

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY PARAMETERS; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; GLASS FIBRES; MATRIX; POLYBUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYMER COMPOSITES; RULE OF MIXTURE; STRENGTH VALUES; TEST METHOD; TWO PARAMETER; UNREINFORCED MATRIX; WEIBULL ANALYSIS; WEIBULL MODULUS; WELD LINES;

BENDING STRENGTH; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FIBERS; GLASS FIBERS; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL TESTING; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 77958617571     PISSN: 14658011     EISSN: 17432898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174328910X12647080902934     Document Type: Article

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