Tensile and flexural properties of polylactic acid-based hybrid green composites reinforced by kenaf, bamboo and coir fibers

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 562-573

  Yusoff, Rosni Binti ^a   Takagi, Hitoshi ^a   Nakagaito, Antonio Norio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bamboo; Coir; Hybrid composites; Kenaf; Mechanical properties; Polylactic acid

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; BENDING STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULI; FIBERS; HEMP; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYESTERS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRAIN ENERGY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

COIR; GREEN COMPOSITES; HIGH FLEXURAL STRENGTH; HYBRID COMPOSITES; KENAF; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; POLY LACTIC ACID; TENSILE AND FLEXURAL PROPERTIES;

KENAF FIBERS;

BAMBOO; BIOMECHANICS; COIR; COMPOSITE; DUCTILITY; ESTER; FLEXURE; HERB; ORGANIC ACID; STIFFNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BAMBOO; COIR; COMPOSITES; ELASTIC STRENGTH; KENAF; TENSILE STRENGTH;

HIBISCUS CANNABINUS;

EID: 84988354199     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2016.09.017     Document Type: Article

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