Effect of surface treatments on the mechanical properties of natural fiber textile composites made by VaRTM method

Composite Interfaces

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 329-336

  Ishikawa, Hiroki ^a   Takagi, Hitoshi ^a   Nakagaito, Antonio N ^a   Yasuzawa, Mikito ^a   Genta, Hiroaki ^a   Saito, Hiroshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

interfacial shear strength; natural fiber textile; surface treatment; VaRTM; washing process

Indexed keywords

EPOXY ACRYLATE RESINS; HEMP FIBER COMPOSITES; INTERFACIAL SHEAR STRENGTH; POLY (VINYL ALCOHOL) (PVA); SILANE COUPLING AGENT; VACUUM ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; VARTM; WASHING PROCESS;

ACETONE; CAUSTIC SODA; COUPLING AGENTS; FLAX; HEMP FIBERS; LINEN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; RESINS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; TEXTILES; WASHING; YARN; FIBERS; HEMP; MOLDING; NATURAL FIBERS; SODIUM; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

FIBERS; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

EID: 84897602584     PISSN: 09276440     EISSN: 15685543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15685543.2013.876322     Document Type: Article

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