Direct observation and measurement of fiber architecture in short fiber-polymer composite foam through micro-CT imaging

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 13-14, 2004, Pages 2113-2120

  Shen, Hongbin ^a   Nutt, Steven ^a   Hull, David ^b  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b Apogee Photonics   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Short fiber composites; Microtomography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FOAMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PHENOLS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

FIBER LENGTH DISTRIBUTION (FLD); FIBER ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTION (FOD); X-RAY IMAGING;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; POLYMER;

EID: 3042839774     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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