Long-term thermo-oxidative aging in composite materials: failure mechanisms

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 355-368

  Tsotsis, Thomas K ^a   Lee, Shaw M ^b  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^b HEXCEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DELAMINATION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; EPOXY RESINS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRAIN RATE; THERMOOXIDATION;

STRAIN ENERGY RELEASE RATES;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

AGING; COMPOSITES, CARBON-FIBRE-REINFORCED; FIBRE/MATRIX INTERFACE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032026531     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(97)00123-1     Document Type: Article

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