Tensile and flexural behavior of hybrid banana pseudostem/glass fibre reinforced polyester composites

Key Engineering Materials

Volumn 471-472, Issue , 2011, Pages 686-691

  Hanifawati, I N ^a   Azmah Hanim, M A ^a   Sapuan, S M ^a   Zainudin, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Banana fibre; Glass fibre; Hybridization; Mechanical properties; Unsaturated polyester

Indexed keywords

FRUITS; GLASS FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCEMENT; THERMOSETS;

BANANA FIBRES; FLEXURAL BEHAVIOR; HYBRIDIZATION; POLYESTER COMPOSITES; REINFORCING EFFECTS; STRENGTH PERFORMANCE; THERMOSET COMPOSITES; UNSATURATED POLYESTER;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 79952936186     PISSN: 10139826     EISSN: 16629795     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.471-472.686     Document Type: Conference Paper

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