Strength of unidirectional glass/epoxy composite with silica nanoparticle-enhanced matrix

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 1637-1643

  Uddin, Mohammed F ^a   Sun, C T ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Nano composites; B. Compressive strength, tensile strength; C. Modeling; E. Vacuum assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM)

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULI; EPOXY RESINS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; SILICA; TENSILE STRENGTH;

UNIDIRECTIONAL COMPOSITES; VACUUM ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

COMPRESSION; COMPRESSIVE PROPERTY; EPOXY RESIN; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; MATRIX; NANOCOMPOSITE; PARTICLE; STRENGTH; TENSILE PROPERTY; TESTING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 42249086960     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.02.026     Document Type: Article

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