# CONSTANTS IN PALSULE EQUATION FOR TENSILE MODULUS OF SHORT FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES

> Title: CONSTANTS IN PALSULE EQUATION FOR TENSILE MODULUS OF SHORT FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES Page Range: p.267-274 Author(s): Palsule S File size: Download the pdf (subscribers only) Buy the pdf (non-subscribers) Journal: Applied Polymer Composites Issue Year: apc Volume: 1 Issue No:...

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**Title: CONSTANTS IN PALSULE EQUATION FOR TENSILE MODULUS OF SHORT FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES**
 Page Range: p.267-274
 Author(s): Palsule S
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 Journal: Applied Polymer Composites
 Issue Year: apc
 Volume: 1
 Issue No: No.4

**Abstract**
 Palsule equation for tensile Modulus of short fibre reinforced polymer composites has been derived as the first equation that accounts for the aspect ratio of reinforcement as follows: Ec cKL [EmVm mEfVf]VKT [(Ef + lambdaEm) +lambdaVf (Ef-Em / (Ef +lambdaEm) - psiVf (Ef -Em)]. This study demonstrates that Palsule equation predicts the Young's modulus of a short fibre reinforced polymer composite, more accurately, if KL and KT and not assigned fixed values of 1/8 and 1/4 respectively; and depending upon fibre distribution in the composite, the value of KL may vary between 1/2 and 1/8, and of KT may vary between 1/2 and 1/8. 16 Refs.

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