Carbon fiber structural composites as thermistors

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 180-188

  Wen, Sihai ^a   Wang, Shoukai ^a   Chung, D D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; PLASTIC LAMINATES; SENSORS;

TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

THERMISTORS;

EID: 0033361502     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(99)00240-X     Document Type: Article

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