On the effect of different polymer matrix and fibre treatment on single fibre pullout test using betelnut fibres

Materials and Design

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2717-2726

  Nirmal, Umar ^a   Singh, Narish ^a   Hashim, Jamil ^a   Lau, Saijod T W ^a   Jamil, Nadia ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

A. Composites: polymer matrix; B. Fibres and filaments; I. Adhesion

Indexed keywords

A. COMPOSITES: POLYMER MATRIX; B. FIBRES AND FILAMENTS; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; DRY CONDITION; EPOXY MATRICES; I. ADHESION; INTERFACIAL ADHESION STRENGTH; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; MATERIAL FAILURES; MATRIX; PULL-OUT TEST; TEST SPECIMENS; THERMOSETTING POLYMERS;

ADHESION; BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); FIBERS; POLYMER MATRIX; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; RESINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR STRENGTH; THERMOSETS;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 79952194620     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.01.019     Document Type: Article

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