Coconut fibre - A versatile material and its applications in engineering

2nd International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1441-1454

  Ali, Majid ^a  

^a Structure Design Section   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENT PASTE; COCONUT FIBRES; NON-STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; PROPERTIES OF COMPOSITES; REINFORCED COMPOSITES; TROPICAL REGIONS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCEMENT;

FIBERS;

EID: 79953751601     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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