Rapid composite tube manufacture utilizing the quickstepTM process

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 965-978

  Silcock, Michael D ^a   Garschke, Claudia ^a   Hall, Wayne ^a   Fox, Bronwyn L ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axial crushing; Composite; Compression; Crashworthiness; Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA); Glass transition temperature.; Manufacture; Specific energy absorption; Tubes

Indexed keywords

AUTOCLAVES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; POROSITY; THERMOANALYSIS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

COMPOSITE TUBES; EQUIVALENT AUTOCLAVE; MANUFACTURING METHOD; SPECIFIC ENERGY ABSORPTION (SEA);

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 34347337521     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998306067261     Document Type: Article

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