Effect of alkali treatment on Alfa fibre as reinforcement for polypropylene based eco-composites: Mechanical behaviour and water ageing

Composite Structures

Volumn 133, Issue , 2015, Pages 451-457

  El Abbassi, Fatima Ezzahra ^a,b   Assarar, Mustapha ^c   Ayad, Rezak ^c   Lamdouar, Nouzha ^a  

^a MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Alfa fibre; Alkali treatment; Mechanical properties; Natural fibre composite; Water ageing

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ELASTIC MODULI; FIBERS; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER INJECTION;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION ANALYSIS; ALKALI TREATMENT; FIBRE REINFORCED; MATRIX INTERFACES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; NATURAL FIBRE COMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE; WATER AGEING;

WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84938804374     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2015.07.112     Document Type: Article

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