Effect of woven flax structures on morphology and properties of reinforced modified polylactide composites

Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1424-1440

  Siengchin, Suchart ^a   Dangtungee, Rapeephun ^a  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY NORTH BANGKOK   (Thailand)

Author keywords

composite structures; flax; modified PLA; natural fiber; Polylactide

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED MICROTOMOGRAPHY; FALLING-WEIGHT IMPACT TESTS; HOT-PRESS TECHNIQUES; LOW FREQUENCY RANGE; MODIFIED PLA; POLY LACTIDE; SHORT-TIME CREEP TEST; TIME-TEMPERATURE SUPERPOSITION PRINCIPLES;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; CREEP; ELASTIC MODULI; FLAX; LINEN; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYESTERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; YARN;

WEAVING;

EID: 84885980222     PISSN: 08927057     EISSN: 15307980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0892705712475005     Document Type: Article

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