Factorial study of material and process parameters on the mechanical properties of extruded kenaf fibre/polypropylene composite sheets

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 91-107

  Sallih, Nabihah ^a   Lescher, Peter ^a   Bhattacharyya, Debes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

A. Discontinuous reinforcement; A. Thermoplastic resin; B. Mechanical properties; E. Extrusion

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE SHEETS; DIE TEMPERATURES; DISCONTINUOUS REINFORCEMENT; E. EXTRUSION; MELT FLOW INDEX; OUT-OF-PLANE SHEAR; PROCESS PARAMETERS; SHORT FIBRE COMPOSITES;

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; HEMP; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCEMENT; SHEAR FLOW; TENSILE STRENGTH;

FIBERS;

EID: 84896750599     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2014.02.014     Document Type: Article

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