Design and manufacture of woven reinforced glass/polypropylene composites for mass transit floor structure

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 1949-1972

  Vaidya, Uday K ^a   Samalot, Francis ^a   Pillay, Selvum ^a   Janowski, Gregg M ^a   Husman, George ^a   Gleich, Klaus ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Glass polypropylene; Mass transit; Thermoforming; Thermoplastic composites

Indexed keywords

BONDING; EXTRUSION; GLASS; IMPREGNATION; POLYPROPYLENES; THERMOFORMING; VACUUM; WOOD;

FLOOR STRUCTURE; GLASS/POLYPROPYLENE; MASS TRANSIT; THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

BONDING; COMPOSITES; EXTRUSION; GLASS; HOT FORMING; IMPREGNATION; PLY WOOD; POLYPROPYLENE;

EID: 9144252802     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998304048418     Document Type: Conference Paper

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