Thermal expansion measurement of composites with optical heterodyne interferometry

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-25

  De Bona, F ^a   Soma A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DILATOMETERS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY;

OPTICAL HETERODYNE INTERFEROMETRY; THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENT; THERMAL EXPANSION MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EXPANSION RESOLUTION;

THERMAL EXPANSION;

EID: 0031103536     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02328745     Document Type: Article

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