Manufacture of a carbon-fabric-reinforced polyetherimide (CF/PEI) composite material

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-190

  Hou, M ^a   Ye, L ^b   Lee, H J ^b   Mai, Y W ^b  

^a Coop Res Ctr for Aerosp S ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE; COMPRESSION MOLDING; CONSOLIDATION; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); IMPREGNATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; POLYETHERIMIDES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HOLDING TIME;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

COMPOSITES, CARBON-FIBRE-REINFORCED; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 0032004871     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(97)00117-6     Document Type: Article

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