Mechanical properties of water desalination and wastewater treatment membranes

Desalination

Volumn 401, Issue , 2017, Pages 190-205

  Wang, Kui ^a   Abdalla, Ahmed A ^a,b   Khaleel, Mohammad A ^c   Hilal, Nidal ^d   Khraisheh, Marwan K ^a  

^a HAMAD BIN KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b HAMAD BIN KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desalination; Mechanical characterization; Mechanical properties; Membrane; Stress state; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BENDING TESTS; CHEMICAL CLEANING; CHEMICAL STABILITY; DELAMINATION; DESALINATION; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; MECHANISMS; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; MEMBRANES; RECLAMATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESSES; TENSILE TESTING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION;

DESALINATION MEMBRANES; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MECHANICAL DEGRADATION; STRESS STATE; STRUCTURE-PROPERTIES RELATIONSHIPS; UNIAXIAL TENSILE TEST; WATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

WATER TREATMENT;

BENDING; DESALINATION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; INDENTATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MEMBRANE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84979528607     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2016.06.032     Document Type: Article

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