Characterisation of flax polypropylene composites using ultrasonic longitudinal sound wave technique

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1164-1172

  El Sabbagh, A ^a   Steuernagel, L ^a   Ziegmann, G ^a  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Fibres; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); D. Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; ATTENUATION MAPS; FIBRE CONTENT; LONGITUDINAL SOUND; LONGITUDINAL WAVES; MEASURED SPEED; MIXTURE CONCEPT; NATURAL FIBRE COMPOSITES; POLYMERMATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE; RECTANGULAR PLATES; SOUND SPEED; TIME OF FLIGHT; ULTRASONIC METHODS; WATER IMMERSION; WAVE ATTENUATION; WEIGHT CONTENT;

COUPLING AGENTS; FLAX; GLASS FIBERS; LINEN; POLYPROPYLENES; THERMOPLASTICS; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONICS; WAVES; YARN;

FIBERS;

EID: 84869506315     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2012.06.010     Document Type: Article

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