The design, matching and manufacture of auxetic carbon fibre laminates

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-106

  Evans, K E ^a   Donoghue, J P ^b   Alderson, K L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Carbon fibres; Laminates; Modelling; Negative Poisson's ratio

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; EPOXY RESINS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; IMPACT RESISTANCE; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; POISSON RATIO;

FIBER VOLUME FRACTION; NEGATIVE POISSON RATIO;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0842348188     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998304038645     Document Type: Article

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