Natural fiber-reinforced composites: Potential, applications, and properties

Agricultural Biomass Based Potential Materials

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 51-72

  Gohil, Piyush P ^a   Chaudhary, Vijay ^b   Shaikh, A A ^c  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

^b CHAROTAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c SARDAR VALLABHBHAI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Applications; Mechanical properties; Natural fiber composites; Physical properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944226563     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-13847-3_3     Document Type: Book

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