A review of structural performance of oil palm empty fruit bunch fiber in polymer composites

Advances in Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Mahjoub, Reza ^a   Bin Mohamad Yatim, Jamaludin ^a   Mohd Sam, Abdul Rahman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SURFACE MODIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH; OIL PALM FIBER COMPOSITES; SECONDARY STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; STRESS-STRAIN DIAGRAM; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE; TENSILE AND FLEXURAL PROPERTIES;

FRUITS; HYBRID MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; PALM OIL; POLYESTER RESINS; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; RESINS; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

FIBER BONDING;

FIBER BONDING; FRUITS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYPROPYLENE; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS;

EID: 84874892884     PISSN: 16878434     EISSN: 16878442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/415359     Document Type: Review

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