Tensile static and fatigue behaviour of sisal fibres

Materials and Design

Volumn 46, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-83

  Belaadi, Ahmed ^a   Bezazi, Abderrezak ^a   Bourchak, Mostefa ^b   Scarpa, Fabrizio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELMA   (Algeria)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Sisal fibre; Tensile properties

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC FATIGUE LOADING; EXTRACTION COSTS; FATIGUE BEHAVIOUR; HIGH LOAD; LOADING LEVEL; LOADING RATIO; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; QUASI-STATIC; RECYCLABILITY; REINFORCED COMPOSITES; REINFORCEMENT MATERIALS; SISAL FIBRE; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCEMENT; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

LOADING;

EID: 84868620907     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2012.09.048     Document Type: Article

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