Improving impact resistance of carbon-fibre composites through interlaminar reinforcement

Composites - Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 893-902

  Walker, Laurence ^a,b   Sohn, Min Seok ^a   Hu, Xiao Zhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Quickstep Technologies   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Discontinuous reinforcement; B. Fracture; B. Impact behaviour; B. Interface interphase

Indexed keywords

ENERGY ABSORPTION; FRACTURE; IMPACT RESISTANCE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LAMINATED COMPOSITES; REINFORCEMENT;

CARBON-FIBRE COMPOSITES; INTERLAMINAR REINFORCEMENTS;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0036606784     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(02)00010-6     Document Type: Article

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