Fiber surface treatment and its effect on mechanical and visco-elastic behaviour of banana/epoxy composite

Materials and Design

Volumn 47, Issue , 2013, Pages 151-159

  Venkateshwaran, N ^a,b   Elaya Perumal, A ^a   Arunsundaranayagam, D ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b RAJALAKSHMI ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; HYDROPHILICITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; SYNTHETIC FIBERS;

ALKALI CONCENTRATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FIBER COMPOSITE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES; FIBER SURFACE; FIBER SURFACE TREATMENTS; SEM IMAGE ANALYSIS; VISCO-ELASTIC;

SURFACE DEFECTS;

BANANA FIBERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEFECTS; NATURAL FIBERS; SYNTHETIC FIBERS; WATER; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84872592269     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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