Design, manufacture and analysis of a thermoplastic composite frame structure for mass transit

Composite Structures

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-116

  Ning, Haibin ^a   Vaidya, Uday ^a   Janowski, Gregg M ^a   Husman, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon fiber; Mass transit; Polyphenylene sulphide (PPS); Thermoplastic composites; Thin walled structure

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RAPID TRANSIT; THERMOPLASTICS; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

CARBON FIBER/POLYPHENYLENE SULPHIDE (CARBON/PPS); SINGLE DIAPHRAGM FORMING (SDF);

MASS TRANSPORTATION;

CARBON FIBER; COMPRESSION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; POLYPHENYLENE SULFIDE; STRENGTH; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TESTING; THERMOPLASTIC PROPERTY; TORQUE;

EID: 33847666936     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2006.04.036     Document Type: Article

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