Comparison of different thermoplastic cellular textile composites on their energy absorption capacity

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 13-14, 2004, Pages 2177-2184

  Lam, S W ^a   Tao, X M ^a   Yu, T X ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Thermoplastic

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; KNITTING MACHINERY; TEXTILE FIBERS; TEXTILE PROCESSING; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TOUGHNESS; VOLUME FRACTION;

CELL WALL THICKNESS; CELLULAR STRUCTURE; FIBER ARCHITECTURE; TEXTILE COMPOSITES;

THERMOPLASTICS;

ADSORBENCY; ENERGY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; THERMOPLASTIC PROPERTY;

EID: 3042830457     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2004.03.018     Document Type: Article

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