Thermo-mechanical performance of poly(lactic acid)/flax fibre-reinforced biocomposites

Materials and Design

Volumn 66, Issue PB, 2015, Pages 473-485

  Nassiopoulos, Elias ^a   Njuguna, James ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biocomposites; Mechanical properties; Mechanical testing; Polymer matrix composites; Thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FLAX; LACTIC ACID; LINEN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; REINFORCEMENT; STRAIN RATE; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOANALYSIS; YARN;

AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS; BIO-COMPOSITES; ELONGATION AT BREAK; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INTERFACIAL BONDING; TEMPERATURE CHARACTERISTIC; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMO-MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84914813347     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2014.07.051     Document Type: Article

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