Determination of micro-hardness and elastic modulus in the transcrystalline zone of carbon fibre/PPS composites using a knife edge indentor

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Ramanathan, T ^a,b,c   Schulz, E ^a   Subramanian, K ^b  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon fibre

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULI; HARDNESS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MORPHOLOGY; SURFACES;

FIBER AXIS; KNIFE EDGE INDENTOR; MICRO-HARDNESS; TRANSCRYSTALLINE ZONES;

CARBON FIBERS;

CARBON FIBER; CRYSTALLINITY; ELASTIC MODULUS; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE;

EID: 13644276866     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2004.04.007     Document Type: Article

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