Interlaminar fracture toughness improvement in composites with hyperbranched polymer modified resin

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1527-1536

  Verrey, J ^a   Winkler, Y ^a   Michaud, V ^a   Månson, Jan Anders E ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE TECHNOLOGIE DES COMPOSITES ET POLYMÈRES LTC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

A. Fabrics textiles; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Fracture toughness; B. Interfacial strength; E. Resin transfer moulding (RTM)

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CANTILEVER BEAMS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; RESINS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STIFFNESS;

DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM (DCB); HYPERBRANCHED POLYMERS (HBP); INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MODIFIED RESIN;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

COMPOSITE;

EID: 18844385232     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2005.01.005     Document Type: Article

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