Effect of fibre treatments on interfacial shear strength of hemp fibre reinforced polylactide and unsaturated polyester composites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1189-1196

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

^c Pultron Composites Ltd ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

A. Fibres; B. Fibre matrix bond; B. Interface; E. Surface treatments

Indexed keywords

A. FIBRES; ACETIC ANHYDRIDES; AFTER-TREATMENT; B. FIBRE/MATRIX BOND; B. INTERFACE; CHEMICAL BONDINGS; COMBINED TREATMENT; E. SURFACE TREATMENT; FIBRE REINFORCED; INTERFACIAL SHEAR STRENGTH; POLY LACTIDE; POLYLACTIDES; SILANE TREATMENT; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; TRANSCRYSTALLINITY; UNSATURATED POLYESTER;

CHEMICAL BONDS; ESTERS; HEMP; HEMP FIBERS; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRENGTH; SILANES; SODIUM; SURFACE TREATMENT;

FIBERS;

EID: 79959942254     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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