Degradation on a mechanical property of high-modulus aramid fiber due to hyperthermal atomic oxygen beam exposures

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 1611-1616

  Ghosh, Lipika ^a   Kinoshita, Hiroshi ^a   Ohmae, Nobuo ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aramid fibers; Atomic oxygen; Low Earth orbit; Mechanical properties; Tether satellite

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; ELASTIC MODULI; HIGH MODULUS TEXTILE FIBERS; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ARAMID FIBERS; ATOMIC OXYGEN EXPOSURES; SURFACE TEXTURE;

POLYAMIDES;

ARAMID FIBER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; STRENGTH; TENSILE PROPERTY; X-RAY ANALYSIS; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 33847712868     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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