Determination of corn stalk fibers' strength through modeling of the mechanical properties of its composites

BioResources

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2535-2546

  Rodriguez, Manuel ^e   Rodriguez, Alejandro ^a   R, Jordi Bayer ^b   Vilaseca, Fabiola ^c   Girones, Jordi ^c,d   Mutje, Pere ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b Modified Cellulosic Fibres SL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Composites; Corn stalks; Intrinsic tensile strength; Modeling

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSIC FIBERS; CORN STALK; INCREASING PRODUCTION; POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE; SEMI-CHEMICAL PULP; SINGLE FIBER;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ETHANOL; INCINERATION; MODELS; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

COMBUSTION; COMPOSITES; CORN STALKS; ETHANOL; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MODELS; PLASTICS; POLYPROPYLENE; REINFORCEMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80053179433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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