Thermomechanical behaviour of interfacial region in carbon fibre/epoxy composites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1067-1074

  Pegoretti, A ^a   Della Volpe, C ^a   Detassis, M ^a   Migliaresi, C ^a   Wagner, H D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dynamic mechanical thermal properties; Fragmentation test; Interphase; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; MECHANICAL TESTING; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHASE INTERFACES; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; WETTING;

INTERFACIAL SHEAR STRESS TRANSFER; SINGLE FIBER FRAGMENTATION TESTING;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0030419969     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1359-835X(96)00065-6     Document Type: Article

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