A micromechanics-based analysis for tailoring glass-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic laminates with near-zero coefficients of thermal expansion

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1851-1861

  Ito, T ^a   Suganuma, T ^a   Wakashima, K ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A. Glass fibres; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Thermomechanical properties; C. Anisotropy; C. Laminates

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMOPLASTICS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

ANISOTROPY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTIC PROPERTY;

EID: 0033876506     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(00)00073-7     Document Type: Article

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