Mechanical and degradation characteristics of natural silk fiber reinforced gelatin composites

Materials Letters

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 333-336

  Shubhra, Quazi T H ^a,b   Alam, A K M M ^b,c   Beg, M D H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Gelatin; Mechanical properties; Silk fiber

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPRESSION MOLDING; FIBERS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; IMPACT STRENGTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCEMENT; SILK; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEATHERING;

BIODEGRADATION TEST; DEGRADATION CHARACTERISTICS; FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR; GELATIN; GELATIN COMPOSITES; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; SILK FIBER; WEATHERING TESTS;

BENDING STRENGTH;

BEND STRENGTH; BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSITES; COMPRESSION MOLDING; ELASTIC STRENGTH; FIBERS; GELATIN; IMPACT STRENGTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SILK; SOIL MECHANICS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEATHERING;

EID: 78149244764     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2010.09.059     Document Type: Article

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