Fracture toughness investigation on long kenaf/woven glass hybrid composite due to water absorption effect

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 1667-1673

  Salleh, Z ^a   Taib, Y M ^a   Hyie, Koay Mei ^a   Mihat, M ^a   Berhan, M N ^a   Ghani, M A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Distilled water; Hybrid composite; Kenaf; Rain water; Sea water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877068959     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.07.366     Document Type: Conference Paper

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