Effects of humidity conditions at fabrication on the interfacial shear strength of flax/unsaturated polyester composites

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue , 2014, Pages 186-192

  Zhang, Daohong ^a,b   Milanovic, Nicholas R ^a   Zhang, Yunhe ^a,c   Su, Fenghua ^a,d   Miao, Menghe ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b SOUTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOR NATIONALITIES   (China)

^c NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Fibre; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Interface Interphase; B. Stress transfer

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE FABRICATION; INTERFACE/INTERPHASES; INTERFACIAL SHEAR STRENGTH; NATURAL FIBRE COMPOSITES; POLYESTER COMPOSITES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); STRESS TRANSFER; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT;

HUMIDITY CONTROL; NATURAL FIBERS; TESTING;

FABRICATION;

EID: 84892689071     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2013.12.031     Document Type: Article

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