Influence of fibre treatments on mechanical properties of short Sansevieria cylindrica/polyester composites

Materials and Design

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 111-121

  Sreenivasan, V S ^a   Ravindran, D ^b   Manikandan, V ^c   Narayanasamy, R ^d  

^a DR SIVANTHI ADITANAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b NATIONAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

^c S Veerasamy Chettiyar College of Engineering and Technology   (India)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites; E. Mechanical; G. Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BENZOYL PEROXIDE; E. MECHANICAL; FIBRE SURFACES; FRACTURE SURFACES; G. SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTERFACIAL BONDING; INTERFACIAL BONDS; POLYESTER MATRIX; POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE; PROPERTIES OF COMPOSITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES (SEM); SEM MICROGRAPHS;

ESTERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POTASSIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEARIC ACID;

FIBERS;

EID: 84856097563     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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