Low-temperature interlaminar shear strength of reactor irradiated glass-fibre-reinforced laminates

Cryogenics

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 611-617

  Humer, K ^a   Spiessberger S ^a   Weber, H W ^a   Tschegg, E K ^b   Gerstenberg, H ^c  

^a TU WIEN   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fibre reinforced plastics; Fractography; Interlaminar shear; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

EPOXY RESINS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FRACTOGRAPHY; INSULATING MATERIALS; IRRADIATION; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; NUCLEAR REACTORS; POLYIMIDES; RADIATION DAMAGE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

GLASS FIBRE REINFORCEMENT; INTERLAMINAR SHEAR STRENGTH; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET COILS;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0030213634     PISSN: 00112275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0011-2275(96)00027-6     Document Type: Article

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