Evaluation of mechanical and thermal properties of banana-flax based natural fibre composite

Materials and Design

Volumn 60, Issue , 2014, Pages 620-627

  Srinivasan, V S ^a   Rajendra Boopathy, S ^a   Sangeetha, D ^a   Vijaya Ramnath, B ^b  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SRI SAIRAM ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPOXY RESINS; FIBERS; FLAME RESISTANCE; FLAX; FRUITS; GLASS; LAMINATING; LINEN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE TESTING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; YARN;

FIBRE REINFORCEMENTS; GLASS REINFORCED COMPOSITES; HYBRID COMPOSITES; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; NATURAL FIBRE COMPOSITES; SINGLE FIBRE COMPOSITE; UNIVERSAL TESTING MACHINES;

HYBRID MATERIALS;

EID: 84899900457     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2014.03.014     Document Type: Article

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