A review of current development in natural fiber composites for structural and infrastructure applications

Southern Region Engineering Conference 2010, SREC 2010 - Incorporating the 17th Annual International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, M2VIP 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 113-117

  Ticoalu, A ^a   Aravinthan, T ^a   Cardona, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bio composite; Fiber composites; Infrastructure; Natural fiber; Plant fiber

Indexed keywords

BIO-COMPOSITES; ENGINEERING MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIBER COMPOSITE; INFRASTRUCTURE; INFRASTRUCTURE APPLICATIONS; NATURAL FIBER COMPOSITES; PLANT FIBERS;

BIODEGRADATION; COMPUTER VISION; SYNTHETIC FIBERS; TEXTILE FIBERS;

NATURAL FIBERS;

EID: 84877640742     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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