Optimal pultrusion process conditions for improving the dynamic properties of graphite-epoxy composite beams

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 386-392

  Kowsika, Murthy V S L N ^a   Raju Mantena, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Composites; Damping; Flexural modulus; Graphite epoxy; Loss factor; Nondestructive testing; Pultrusion; Regression analysis; Vibration analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; GRAPHITE; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIBRATION ANALYSIS; BENDING STRENGTH; DAMPING; EPOXY RESINS; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PULTRUSION; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

COMPOSITE BEAM; DYNAMICS PROPERTIES; FLEXURAL MODULUS; GRAPHITE EPOXY; LOSS FACTOR; PROCESS CONDITION; PROCESS VARIABLES; PULTRUDED COMPOSITES; PULTRUSION PROCESS; VIBRATIONS ANALYSIS;

DAMPING; COMPOSITE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

CONTROLLED PROCESS CONDITIONS; DYNAMIC PROPERTIES; FLEXURAL MODULUS; FREE VIBRATION DECAY TESTS; GRAPHITE EPOXY COMPOSITE BEAMS; OPTIMAL PULTRUSION PROCESS; STATIC FLEXURAL TESTS; STATISTICAL CENTRAL COMPOSITE DESIGN;

EID: 0030107779     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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