Performance of integrated active fiber composites in fiber reinforced epoxy laminates

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 204-212

  Melnykowycz, M ^a   Kornmann, X ^a   Huber, C ^a   Barbezat, M ^a   Brunner, A J ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; EPOXY RESINS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; GLASS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION (AE); DAMAGE EVOLUTION; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC (GFRP);

LAMINATES;

EID: 31144469255     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/15/1/050     Document Type: Article

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