A study of the mechanical behaviour of a glass fibre reinforced polyamide 6,6: Experimental investigation

Polymer Testing

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 544-552

  Mouhmid, B ^a   Imad, A ^a   Benseddiq, N ^a   Benmedakhene S ^b   Maazouz, A ^c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b AETech Acoustic Emission Technology   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Damage; Glass fibres; Mechanical behaviour; Polyamide 66

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; ELASTIC MODULI; GLASS FIBERS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; POLYAMIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRAIN RATE; VOLUME FRACTION;

DAMAGES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; POLYAMIDE 66;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 33745994324     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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