The representation of reinforcing fibres in composites as 3D space curves

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1227-1237

  Clarke, Ashley ^a   Eberhardt, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Glass fibres; B. Microstructure; Confocal microscopy; Space curves

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBERS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING;

CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FIBRE MISALIGNMENT ANGLES; THREE DIMENSIONAL SPACE CURVES; THREE DIMENSIONAL SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032821102     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(98)00159-6     Document Type: Article

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