Can carbon nanotubes be used to sense damage in composites?

Annales de Chimie: Science des Materiaux

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 81-94

  Fiedler, Bodo ^a   Gojny, Florian H ^a   Wichmann, Malte H G ^a   Bauhofer, Wolfgang ^a   Schulte, Karl ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrical properties; Health monitoring; In situ testing; Non destructive testing; Smart structures, Carbon Nanotubes, GFRP

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FILLERS; MONITORING; POLYMERS; SENSORS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CONDUCTIVE FILLER; IN SITU OBSERVATION; RESIN TRANSFER MOULDING (RTM); STRAIN DETECTION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER; CARBON NANOTUBE; EPOXY RESIN; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY PARAMETERS; LOADING TEST; MATERIALS; REVIEW; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TECHNOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 11144348089     PISSN: 01519107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/acsm.29.6.81-94     Document Type: Review

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