Evaluation of mechanical behavior of chemically modified Borassus fruit short fiber/unsaturated polyester composites

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 46, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 2987-2998

  Reddy, K Obi ^a   Shukla, Mukul ^a,b   Maheswari, C Uma ^a   Rajulu, A Varada ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fiber composites; mechanical properties; surface modification; water absorption

Indexed keywords

ALKALI TREATMENT; ARECACEAE; CHEMICAL BONDINGS; CHEMICALLY MODIFIED; FIBER COMPOSITE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; HAND LAY-UP; IMPACT PROPERTY; INTERFACIAL BONDING; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; NAOH SOLUTIONS; POLYESTER COMPOSITES; POLYESTER MATRIX; SHORT FIBER; SURFACE-MODIFIED; UNSATURATED POLYESTER RESIN;

CHEMICAL BONDS; COUPLING AGENTS; ESTERS; FRUITS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE TREATMENT; WATER ABSORPTION;

FIBERS;

EID: 84870033348     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998312454032     Document Type: Article

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