Morphology, dynamic mechanical and thermal studies on poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) modified epoxy resin/glass fibre composites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2422-2432

  Hameed, Nishar ^a   Sreekumar, P A ^b   Francis, Bejoy ^a   Yang, Weimin ^c   Thomas, Sabu ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT   (India)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Glass fibre; A. Polymer matrix composites; B. Thermal properties; E. Thermosetting resin; SAN

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; EPOXY RESINS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOSETS;

DIAMINO DIPHENYL SULFONE (DDS); FIBRE REINFORCED COMPOSITES (FRP); MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; THERMOSETTING RESIN;

GLASS FIBERS;

EID: 36448948294     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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