Optimisation of a GMT-based cold pressing technique for low cost textile reinforced thermoplastic composites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 667-682

  Baeten, Sofie ^a   Verpoest, Ignaas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; OPTIMIZATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEXTILES; THERMOPLASTICS;

COLD PRESSING; FIBER REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0032649639     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(98)00173-0     Document Type: Article

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