Aligned carbon nanotube reinforcement of ply interfaces in woven composites

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 4087-4095

  Garcia, Enrique J ^a,b,c   Hart, A John ^a,b   Wardle, Brian L ^a,b,c   Slocum, Alexander H ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAND LAYUP TECHNIQUES; INTERLAMINAR REINFORCEMENTS; MULTIFUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE;

CERAMIC FIBERS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FABRICS; LAMINATES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 34547524746     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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