On the improvement of toughness of CFRPs with resin doped with CNF and PZT particles

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1159-1162

  Tsantzalis, S ^a   Karapappas, P ^a   Vavouliotis, A ^a   Tsotra, P ^a   Kostopoulos, V ^a   Tanimoto, T ^b   Friedrich, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b SHONAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUT FÜR VERBUNDWERKSTOFFE GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanofibers; A. Laminates; B. Fracture toughness; E. Manual lay up; Piezoelectric particles

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; RESINS; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

CARBON NANOFIBERS; MANUAL LAY-UP; PARTICLE INCLUSIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC PARTICLES;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 33846254109     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2006.04.016     Document Type: Article

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