Effects of initial fiber length and fiber length distribution on the properties of carbon-fiber-reinforced-polypropylene composites

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1053-1060

  Karsli, Nevin Gamze ^a   Aytac, Ayse ^a   Deniz, Veli ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carbon fiber; composites; mechanical properties; polypropylene; thermal properties

Indexed keywords

EXTRUSION COMPOUNDING; FIBER CONTENTS; FIBER LENGTH; FIBER LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS; FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE; INJECTION MOLDING TECHNIQUES; MODULUS VALUES; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; NUMBER AVERAGE; POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE; PROPERTIES OF COMPOSITES; TENSILE TESTS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FIBERS; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE TESTING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTICS;

CARBON FIBERS;

CALORIMETRY; CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITES; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENE; REINFORCED PLASTIC; TENSILE TESTS; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTICS;

EID: 84865212575     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: 15307964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731684412452678     Document Type: Article

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