Natural fiber-reinforced composites

Fiber-Reinforced Composites

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 57-89

  Di Bella, Guido ^a   Fiore, Vincenzo ^b   Valenza, Antonino ^b  

^a CNR ITAE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; CARBON; CELLULOSE; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIBERS; FLAX; HEMP; HEMP FIBERS; IMPREGNATION; JUTE FIBERS; KENAF FIBERS; LIFE CYCLE; LINEN; NATURAL POLYMERS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; SPINNING (FIBERS); YARN;

CHEMICAL PRE-TREATMENT; COMPOSITE REINFORCEMENT; COMPOSITES OF POLYMERS; ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY PRODUCT; NATURAL FIBER COMPOSITES; NATURAL FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; TENSILE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

NATURAL FIBERS;

EID: 84892952553     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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