Mechanical properties of coconut fibers reinforced polyester composites

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages 2074-2079

  Mulinari, D R ^a   Baptista, C A R P ^b   Souza, J V C ^a   Voorwald, H J C ^c  

^a UNIFOA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coconut fibers; Composites; Fatigue; Interfacial bonding

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPRESSION MOLDING; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; FIBERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYESTER RESINS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ALKALINE TREATMENT; COCONUT FIBER; COMPRESSION-MOLDING TECHNIQUE; FRACTURE MECHANISMS; INTERFACIAL BONDING; POLYESTER COMPOSITES; POLYMERIC COMPOSITES; SODIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTIONS;

FIBER BONDING;

ALKALINITY; BONDING; COIR; COMPOSITES; COMPRESSION MOLDING; ESTERS; FATIGUE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NATURAL FIBERS; REINFORCED PLASTIC; THERMAL ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 80052920405     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.04.343     Document Type: Conference Paper

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