Development of a new structural prepreg: Characterisation of handling, drape and tack properties

Composite Structures

Volumn 66, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 169-174

  Banks, R ^a   Mouritz, A P ^a   John, S ^a   Coman, F ^b   Paton, R ^c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Special Coatings Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c CRC Adv Composite Structures Ltd ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Cure; Drape; Manufacturing; Prepreg; Tack

Indexed keywords

RESIDUAL STRESSES; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

COMPLEX VISCOSITY; MATRIX CURE;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES;

CURING; DRAPE; FIBER-MATRIX ADHESION; PREPREG; STICKINESS;

EID: 4143130940     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2004.04.034     Document Type: Article

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