Crashworthiness of automotive composite material systems

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 3218-3225

  Jacob, George C ^a   Fellers, John F ^a   Starbuck, J Michael ^b   Simunovic, Srdan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composites; Fibers; Resins

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; CARBON FIBERS; CRASHWORTHINESS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; GRAPHITE; LAMINATES; RESINS; SAFETY FACTOR; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

AUTOMOTIVE CRASH; CHOPPED CARBON FIBER (CCF); LOAD DISPLACEMENT; SPECIFIC ENERGY ADSORPTION (SEA);

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

AUTOMOTIVE TEXTILE; CARBON FIBER; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GRAPHITE FIBER; IMPACT RESISTANCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 2442484567     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.20336     Document Type: Article

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