Studies on mechanical, thermal and dynamic mechanical properties of untreated (raw) and treated coconut sheath fiber reinforced epoxy composites

Materials and Design

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 63-69

  Suresh Kumar, S M ^a   Duraibabu, D ^a   Subramanian, K ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

COMPRESSION-MOLDING TECHNIQUE; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS (DMA); DYNAMIC MECHANICAL PROPERTY; FIBER REINFORCED EPOXY; FIBER REINFORCED EPOXY COMPOSITES; FIBER-MATRIX BONDING; FRACTURE ANALYSIS; UNIVERSAL TESTING MACHINES;

FIBERS;

EID: 84896085650     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2014.02.013     Document Type: Article

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