Mechanical, thermal expansion, and flammability properties of co-extruded wood polymer composites with basalt fiber reinforced shells

Materials and Design

Volumn 60, Issue , 2014, Pages 334-342

  Wu, Qinglin ^a   Chi, Kai ^a   Wu, Yiqiang ^b   Lee, Sunyoung ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Korea Forest Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Basalt fiber; Co extrusion; Mechanical properties; Thermal expansion; WPC

Indexed keywords

IMPACT STRENGTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); TENSILE STRENGTH;

BASALT FIBER; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE(HDPE); LINEAR COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSION; MICRO-MECHANICAL MODELING; THERMAL EXPANSION PROPERTIES; WOOD POLYMER COMPOSITES; WOOD-PLASTIC COMPOSITES; WPC;

THERMAL EXPANSION;

EID: 84899687711     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2014.04.010     Document Type: Article

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