Influence of loading rate, alkali fibre treatment and crystallinity on fracture toughness of random short hemp fibre reinforced polylactide bio-composites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1148-1156

  Pickering, Kim L ^a   Sawpan, Moyeenuddin A ^b   Jayaraman, Jeevan ^a   Fernyhough, Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b Pultron Composites Ltd ^*  (New Zealand)

^c SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

A. Fibres; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Fracture toughness; D. Fractography

Indexed keywords

A. FIBRES; A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); B. FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; BENDING SPECIMENS; BIO-COMPOSITES; CRACK PATHS; CRYSTALLINITIES; D. FRACTOGRAPHY; FIBRE CONTENT; FIBRE REINFORCED; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS TESTING; LOADING RATE; PLANE-STRAIN; POLY LACTIDE; POLYLACTIDES; SINGLE-EDGE-NOTCHED; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; STRESS WHITENING;

FIBERS; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TESTING; HEMP; HEMP FIBERS; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; LOADING; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; SODIUM;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 79959924105     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2011.04.020     Document Type: Article

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