Mode I delamination behaviour of short fibre reinforced carbon fibre/epoxy composites following environment conditioning

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 531-537

  Walker, Laurence ^a   Hu, Xiao Zhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fibres; B. Environmental degradation; B. Fracture toughness; C. Delamination; D. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Indexed keywords

DELAMINATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LAMINATES; REINFORCEMENT;

EPOXY COMPOSITES;

CARBON FIBERS;

CARBON FIBER; DEGRADATION; DELAMINATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE;

EID: 0037298759     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(02)00224-5     Document Type: Article

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