Flexural properties of fully biodegradable alpha-grass fibers reinforced starch-based thermoplastics

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 98-106

  Espinach, F X ^a   Delgado Aguilar, M ^a   Puig, J ^a   Julian, F ^a   Boufi, S ^b   Mutje P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

A. Fibers; B. Fibre matrix bond; B. Mechanical properties; C. Analytical; D. Mechanical testing; modelling

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FIBERS; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL TESTING; MODELS; POLYELECTROLYTES; REINFORCEMENT; STARCH;

C. ANALYTICAL; FIBRE/MATRIX BOND; FLEXURAL PROPERTIES; POLYELECTROLYTE TITRATION; REINFORCEMENT CONTENT; REINFORCING FIBERS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TENSILE AND FLEXURAL PROPERTIES;

REINFORCED PLASTICS;

FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MODELS;

EID: 84937849633     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2015.07.004     Document Type: Article

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