Towards the optimisation of the densification of pan-based carbon-fibre-reinforced carbon laminates

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 483-490

  Gao, Fengge ^a,b   Patrick, John W ^a   Walker, Alan ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon carbon composites; Densification; Porosity; Processing; Structure

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITES, CARBON-FIBRE-REINFORCED; LAMINATES, CARBON/CARBON-FIBRE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; CARBONIZATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DENSIFICATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPREGNATION; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTIMIZATION; POROSITY;

CHEMICAL VAPOR INFILTRATION (CVI);

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0031107047     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(96)00174-1     Document Type: Article

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