Polyimide foams for aerospace vehicles

High Performance Polymers

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-12

  Weiser, Erik S ^a   Johnson, Theodore F ^a   St Clairt, Terry L ^a   Echigo, Yoshiaki ^b   Kaneshiro, Hisayasu ^b   Grimsley, Brian W ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNITIKA LTD   (Japan)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE VEHICLES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLAME RESISTANCE; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POLYIMIDES; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

POLYIMIDE FOAM; THERMAL FORMING; THERMOMECHANICAL CYCLIC TESTING;

FOAMED PLASTICS;

EID: 0034158697     PISSN: 09540083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0954-0083/12/1/301     Document Type: Article

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