Moisture absorption studies of sisal fibre reinforced polypropylene composites

By C. Chow, X. Xing, R. Li. 2007

227 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Mechanics of Materials, Polymers and Plastics

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In Mechanics of Materials

1. P. Davies
2. A. Le Duigou
3. T. Sathishkumar
4. C. Baley
5. N. Rajini
6. Subramaniam Shankar
7. R. Rajasekar
8. P. Navaneethakrishnan

In Polymers and Plastics

1. P. Davies
2. A. Le Duigou
3. C. Baley
4. T. Sathishkumar
5. N. Rajini
6. Subramaniam Shankar
7. R. Rajasekar
8. P. Navaneethakrishnan

Citations in the corpus

• Seawater ageing of flax/poly(lactic acid) biocomposites (2009, background): “At higher temperatures these models may still be useful but the development of damage due to physical mechanisms such as swelling or chemical processes such as hydrolysis (molecular chain breakage) can result in more complex weight changes [5-7].”
• Characterization of natural fiber and composites – A review (2013, background): “Chow et al.(84) analyzed the effects of water immersion treatment on the tensile and impact behavior of composites.”
• Influence of water ageing on mechanical properties and damage events of two reinforced composite materials: Flax–fibres and glass–fibres (2011, unknown): “[1].”
• Comparison of injection moulded, natural fibre-reinforced composites with PP and PLA as matrices (2012, background): “Chow et al.(36) studied the effect of water absorption (at 90 C) on the mechanical properties of SF/PP (SF/PP) composites.”