Non-linear behaviour of PLA based flax composites

Plastics, Rubber and Composites

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 49-60

  Varna, J ^a   Rozite, L ^a   Joffe, R ^a   Pupurs, A ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Damage; Flax PLA; Material model; Viscoelasticity; Viscoplasticity

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELASTIC STRAIN; HIGH STRESS; LINEAR VISCOELASTICITY; LOADING CURVES; MATERIAL MODEL; MATERIAL MODELS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MICRO-DAMAGE; NON-LINEARITY; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOURS; NONLINEAR ELASTICITY; POLY LACTIC ACID; STRAIN RECOVERY; STRESS LEVELS; TENSILE TESTS; VISCOELASTIC STRAIN; VISCOPLASTIC; VISCOPLASTIC RESPONSE;

LOADING; PLASTICITY; TENSILE TESTING; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOPLASTICITY;

ELASTICITY;

EID: 84858859343     PISSN: 14658011     EISSN: 17432898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743289811Y.0000000007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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