Effects of water immersion ageing on the mechanical properties of flax and jute fibre biocomposites evaluated by nanoindentation and flexural testing

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1399-1406

  Dhakal, H N ^a   Zhang, Z Y ^a   Bennett, N ^a   Lopez Arraiza, A ^b   Vallejo, F J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c IDEKO Pol Industrial de Arriaga   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biocomposites; flexural properties; hand lay up method; mechanical properties; natural fibre composites; water absorption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892934478     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998313487238     Document Type: Article

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