In situ monitoring of the fibre strain distribution in carbon-fibre thermoplastic composites1. Application of a tensile stress field

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 2149-2161

  Filiou, C ^a   Galiotis, C ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; MICROCRACKING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; STRAIN; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE STRESS; THERMAL STRESS; THERMOPLASTICS;

CARBON FIBER THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES; CONFOCAL LASER RAMAN MICROSCOPY; FIBER STRAIN DISTRIBUTION; RESIDUAL THERMAL STRAINS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

CARBON FIBER; DISTRIBUTION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MONITORING; STRESS-STRAIN PROPERTY; TESTING; THERMOPLASTIC PROPERTY;

EID: 0033230780     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0266-3538(99)00072-x     Document Type: Article

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