Effect of UV and water spraying on the mechanical properties of flax fabric reinforced polymer composites used for civil engineering applications

Materials and Design

Volumn 71, Issue , 2015, Pages 17-25

  Yan, Libo ^a   Chouw, Nawawi ^b   Jayaraman, Krishnan ^b  

^a Wilhelm Klauditz Institut (WKI)   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Flax epoxy composites; Mechanical properties; UV cycle

Indexed keywords

BENDING TESTS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIBERS; FLAX; LINEN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEATHERING; YARN;

CIVIL ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; DURABILITY PERFORMANCE; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; FIBRE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; NATURAL FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMERS; REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES; THREE-POINT BENDING TEST; UV CYCLE;

DURABILITY;

EID: 84923221712     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2015.01.003     Document Type: Article

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