Mechanical behaviour of polypropylene reinforced palm fibers composites

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages 2034-2039

  Goulart, S A S ^a   Oliveira, T A ^a   Teixeira, A ^a   Mileo P C ^b   Mulinari, D R ^a  

^a Department of Engineering UniFOA ^*  (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Composites; Mechanical behaviour; Natural fibers; Palm fiber; Polyprolpylene

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COUPLING AGENTS; FIBERS; IMPACT STRENGTH; NATURAL POLYMERS; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; STIFFNESS;

MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; POLYMER MATRICES; POLYMERIC MATRICES; POLYPROLPYLENE; PURE POLYMERS; SPEED RATES;

NATURAL FIBERS;

COMPOSITES; COUPLING AGENTS; GLASS FIBERS; IMPACT STRENGTH; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYPROPYLENE; REINFORCED PLASTIC; STIFFNESS;

EID: 80052944417     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.04.337     Document Type: Conference Paper

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