Processing and characterization of carbon-carbon nanofiber composites

Advanced Composite Materials: The Official Journal of the Japan Society of Composite Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-241

  Jain, Rahul ^a   Vaidya, Uday K ^a   Haque, Anwarul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofibers (CNFs); Carbon carbon composite (CCC); Carbonization; Microcracking

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CARBONIZATION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; MICROCRACKING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SHEAR STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CARBON NANOFIBERS (CNF); CARBON-CARBON COMPOSITE (CCC); COMPOSITE SPECIMENS; INTERLAMINAR SHEAR STRENGTH (ILSS);

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 33747127165     PISSN: 09243046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855106777873905     Document Type: Article

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