Improvement of damping at the micromechanical level in polymer composite materials under transverse normal loading by the use of special fiber coatings

Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 623-627

  Finegan, I C ^a   Gibson, R F ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLICS; COATINGS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; DAMPING; EPOXY RESINS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STIFFNESS; STRAIN;

FIBER COATINGS;

GRAPHITE FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0032049218     PISSN: 10489002     EISSN: 15288927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2893872     Document Type: Article

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