Study on structural design and analysis of flax natural fiber composite tank manufactured by vacuum assisted resin transfer molding

Materials Letters

Volumn 130, Issue , 2014, Pages 21-25

  Kong, Changduk ^a   Park, Hyunbum ^b   Lee, Joungwhan ^c  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

^b Howon University   (South Korea)

^c WallisWay   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Composite materials; Structural

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; BIOMATERIALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ESTERS; FLAX; LINEN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLDING; RESINS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); VACUUM APPLICATIONS; YARN;

AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES; CHEMICAL STORAGE TANKS; DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; DESIGN AND MANUFACTURES; MANUFACTURING METHODS; NATURAL FIBER COMPOSITES; STRUCTURAL; VACUUM ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

COMPOSITES; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FIBERS; FLAX; LINEN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TANKS; YARN;

EID: 84901834863     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2014.05.042     Document Type: Article

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