Failure characteristics in carbon/epoxy composite tows

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 27, Issue 12 PART A, 1996, Pages 1183-1194

  Marston, Christian ^a   Gabbitas, Brian ^a   Adams, Jack ^a   Nutt, Steven ^d   Marshall, Paul ^b   Galiotis, Costas ^c  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BAE SYSTEMS   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Carbon epoxy composites; Laser Raman spectroscopy; Stress concentration; Tensile strength; Weibull distributions

Indexed keywords

EPOXY RESINS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

COMPOSITE TOWS; FAILURE MECHANISMS; LASER RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; UNIDIRECTIONAL CARBON/EPOXY COMPOSITES; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTIONS;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0030420841     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1359-835X(96)00076-0     Document Type: Review

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