Evaluation of aluminium-copper alloy reinforced with pitch-based carbon fibres

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 119-128

  Bushby, R S ^a   Scott, V D ^b  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aluminium alloy; Composite; Pitch based carbon fibre; Precipitation ageing; Yielding

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL CONTRACTION; PITCH BASED CARBON FIBERS; PRECIPITATION AGEING; RULE OF MIXTURES; TRANSVERSE PROPERTIES;

AGING OF MATERIALS; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CARBON FIBERS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); ELASTIC MODULI; HEAT TREATMENT; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); QUENCHING; TENSILE STRENGTH;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITES, CARBON-FIBRE-REINFORCED; STRESS/STRAIN CURVES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0030978997     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(96)00114-5     Document Type: Article

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