Exploring mechanical property balance in tufted carbon fabric/epoxy composites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2366-2373

  Dell'Anno, Giuseppe ^a   Cartié, Denis D ^a   Partridge, Ivana K ^a   Rezai, Amir ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BAE SYSTEMS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. 3 Dimensional reinforcement; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); E. Preform; Tufting

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; CRACK PROPAGATION; EPOXY RESINS; PREFORMING; REINFORCEMENT; THICKNESS CONTROL;

COMMERCIAL GLASS; DIMENSIONAL REINFORCEMENT; TUFTING;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 35548934616     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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