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Chapter and Conference Paper
Infrared Thermography Applied to the Assessment of Fatigue Initiation
In the present paper, the quasi-static uniaxial stress-state methodology to estimate the endurance limit was extended to biaxial stress-state cases. The Infrared thermography (IRT) quasi-static uniaxial stress...
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Article
Effect of surface treatments on the dynamic mechanical behavior of piassava fiber–polyester matrix composites
The effect of several fiber surface treatments upon the dynamic mechanical behavior of piassava fiber-reinforced composites was evaluated. In the light of the experimental results obtained the critical volume ...
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Article
Thermal analysis of less common lignocellulose fibers
The thermal behavior of four unusual lignocellulose fibers — namely Caroa, Curaua, Piassava and Sponge gourd — is described. Caroa and Curaua fibers showed a more homogeneous thermal degradation, with a single...