Temperature and loading rate effects on
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Yibin Xue; Yicheng Du; Steve Elder; Kunpeng Wang; Jilei Zhang
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Article
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2009
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Elsevier Science
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English
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This paper presents extensive experiments and micromechanics-based modeling to evaluate systematically the tensile properties of kenaf bast fibers bundle (KBFB) and kenaf bast fiber-reinforced epoxy strands. Uniaxial tension behaviors of KBFBs and KBFB-reinforced epoxy strands were evaluated statist