Mechanical properties of randomly oriented snake grass fiber with banana and coir fiber-reinforced hybrid composites

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 47, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 2181-2191

  Sathishkumar, T P ^a   Navaneethakrishnan, P ^a   Shankar, S ^a   Kumar, J ^b  

^a KONGU ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

^b EBET Group of Institutions   (India)

Author keywords

hybrid composites; mechanical properties; Natural fiber

Indexed keywords

FIBER-REINFORCED; FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE; HYBRID COMPOSITES; LOAD-BEARING CAPABILITY; POLYESTER COMPOSITES; SNAKE GRASS FIBERS; STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS; TENSILE AND FLEXURAL PROPERTIES;

BENDING STRENGTH; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FRUITS; NATURAL FIBERS; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

BEND STRENGTH; COMPOSITES; FRUITS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; REINFORCED PLASTIC;

EID: 84880305254     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998312454903     Document Type: Article

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