Innovative flax tapes reinforced Acrodur biocomposites: A new alternative for automotive applications

Materials and Design

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 116-126

  Khalfallah, M ^a   Abbes B ^a   Abbes F ^a   Guo, Y Q ^a   Marcel, V ^b   Duval, A ^b   Vanfleteren, F ^c   Rousseau, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^b No 6 Industrial Building   (France)

^c LINEO NV   (France)

^d CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acrodur; Biocomposite; Nonwoven unidirectional flax; Processing parameters; Thermal stability; Thermomechanical properties

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; CURING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELASTIC MODULI; FLAX; LINEN; REINFORCEMENT; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ACRODUR; BIO-COMPOSITES; NON-WOVEN; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 84908125808     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2014.07.029     Document Type: Article

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