Tensile and fracture behaviour of PP/wood flour composites

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2795-2800

  Pérez, Ezequiel ^a   Famá, Lucía ^a   Pardo, S G ^b,c   Abad, M J ^b   Bernal, Celina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^c Centro Galego Do Plástico CGAP   (Spain)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Fracture toughness; B. Mechanical properties; E. Thermoplastic resin

Indexed keywords

COST SAVING; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; FAILURE BEHAVIOUR; FIBRE CONTENT; FIBRE DISPERSIONS; FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; MODIFIED COMPOSITES; POLYMERMATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); STIFFER MATERIALS; STRAIN AT BREAK; STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS; WOOD FLOUR;

DISPERSIONS; DUCTILITY; FRACTURE; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84864280796     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2012.04.041     Document Type: Article

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