Mechanical and degradation characteristics of natural silk and synthetic phosphate glass fiber reinforced polypropylene composites

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1305-1313

  Shubhra, Quazi T H ^a   Alam, A K M M ^b   Beg, M D H ^b   Khan, Mubarak A ^c   Gafur, M A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^d BANGLADESH COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

composites; phosphate glass fiber; silk fiber; weathering

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED WEATHERING; DEGRADATION CHARACTERISTICS; DEGRADATION STUDY; FLEXURAL TESTING; GLASS FIBER COMPOSITES; NATURAL SILK; NATURAL WEATHERING; PHOSPHATE GLASS FIBER; PHOSPHATE GLASS FIBERS; SILK FIBER;

BENDING (FORMING); BENDING STRENGTH; COMPRESSION MOLDING; GLASS FIBERS; IMPACT STRENGTH; IMPACT TESTING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SILK; SOIL MECHANICS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; WEATHERING;

FIBERS;

BEND STRENGTH; BENDING; COMPOSITES; COMPRESSION MOLDING; FIBERS; GLASS FIBERS; IMPACT STRENGTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHOSPHATES; POLYPROPYLENE; SILK; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTS; WEATHERING;

EID: 79958729393     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998310380290     Document Type: Article

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