Thermochemical and statistical mechanical properties of natural sisal fibres

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 481-489

  Belaadi, Ahmed ^a   Bezazi, Abderrezak ^a   Bourchak, Mostefa ^b   Scarpa, Fabrizio ^c   Zhu, Chenchen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELMA   (Algeria)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Wood; B. Mechanical properties; C. Statistical properties methods; D. Optical microscopy Physical methods of analysis

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; FIBERS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

ESTIMATION METHODS; PHYSICAL METHODS; SISAL FIBRE; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES/METHODS; THREE PARAMETER WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIBULL MODULUS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84907371411     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2014.07.029     Document Type: Article

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