"Ex situ" concept for toughening the RTMable BMI matrix composites, part I: Improving the interlaminar fracture toughness

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1625-1634

  Cheng, Qunfeng ^a,b,c   Fang, Zhengping ^a   Yi, Xiao Su ^b   An, Xuefeng ^b   Tang, Bangming ^b   Xu, Yahong ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BIAM   (China)

^c Research Institute of Aerospace Special Materials and Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Ex situ RTM technique; Fractography; Fracture toughness; Resin transfer molding; Toughening mechanism

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; RESINS; TOUGHENING; TRANSFER MOLDING;

BISMALEIMIDE (BMI); CARBON FABRICS; EX SITU; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATRIX COMPOSITES; MODE I FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MODE II FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING (RTM); TOUGHENING EFFECTS; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

CARBON FIBER FABRIC; COMPOSITE; FRACTURE; MATRIX; MICROSTRUCTURE; RESIN; THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER; THERMOSETTING PROPERTY;

EID: 47649087466     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: 10974628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.27868     Document Type: Article

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