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HDPE reinforced with glass fibers: Rheology, tensile properties, stress relaxation, and orientation of fibers
Author(s) -
Saeed U.,
Hussain K.,
Rizvi G.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
polymer composites
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1548-0569
pISSN - 0272-8397
DOI - 10.1002/pc.22880
Subject(s) - materials science , composite material , high density polyethylene , ultimate tensile strength , rheology , glass fiber , maleic anhydride , fiber , polypropylene , anisotropy , relaxation (psychology) , viscosity , polyethylene , copolymer , coupling (piping) , polymer , psychology , social psychology , physics , quantum mechanics
Glass fiber‐reinforced high‐density polyethylene of varying concentrations was mixed with ethylene copolymer and maleic anhydride‐grafted polypropylene (coupling agents) separately. The viscosity, tensile strength, and stress relaxation properties of the composites were investigated. The orientation and anisotropy of glass fibers were studied using micro computed tomography scanner. It was found out that the orientation and anisotropy of fiber are strongly affected by the increase in glass fiber concentration. POLYM. COMPOS., 35:2159–2169, 2014. © 2014 Society of Plastics Engineers