A statistical analysis of fibre size and shape distribution after compounding in composites reinforced by natural fibres

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1542-1550

  Moigne, Nicolas Le ^a,b   Oever, Martien Van Den ^b   Budtova, Tatiana ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Microstructures; C. Statistical properties methods; Natural fibres

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); ASPECT RATIO DISTRIBUTION; B. MICROSTRUCTURES; C. STATISTICAL PROPERTIES/METHODS; FIBRE BUNDLE; FIBRE LENGTH; HIGH-RESOLUTION OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE; SIZE AND SHAPE; SMALL PARTICLES; TWO-PARAMETER WEIBULL MODEL; WEIGHTED DISTRIBUTION; WHEAT STRAWS;

ASPECT RATIO; FLAX; LINEN; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; YARN;

FIBERS;

EID: 80052024153     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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