Betelnut fibres as an alternative to glass fibres to reinforce thermoset composites: A comparative study

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1107-1120

  Nirmal, Umar ^a   Hashim, Jamil ^a   Lau, Saijod TW ^a   My, Yuhazri ^b   Yousif, Bf ^c  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

friction; mechanical; Natural fibre; polymer matrix composite; synthetic fibre; wear

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; COMPRESSION TESTING; FRICTION; GLASS FIBERS; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYESTERS; REINFORCEMENT; SYNTHETIC FIBERS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

COMPETITIVE PERFORMANCE; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; GLASS FIBRE REINFORCED POLYESTER; INTERFACE TEMPERATURES; MATERIAL REMOVAL RATE; MECHANICAL; THERMO-MECHANICAL EFFECTS; TRIBOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84860123707     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: 17467748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517512439945     Document Type: Article

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