Investigation of failure mechanisms in aged aerospace composites

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 235-241

  Fox, Bronwyn ^a   Lowe, Adrian ^b   Hodgkin, Jonathan ^c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Bismaleimide; Composite; Delamination; FTIR

Indexed keywords

AGE HARDENING; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CURING; DEGRADATION; DELAMINATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; OXIDATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RESINS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM (DCB) TEST;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

AEROSPACE APPLICATION; COMPOSITE; FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0347930704     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2003.05.010     Document Type: Article

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