Changing the toughness of graphite fiber/resin based composites by changing their internal structure

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 245-252

  Jordan, W ^a  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURING; DELAMINATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TOUGHNESS;

DELAMINATION TOUGHNESS; STACKING SEQUENCE;

GRAPHITE FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0033747264     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-8368(00)00008-1     Document Type: Article

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