Effect of fiber length and composition on mechanical properties of carbon fiber-reinforced polybenzoxazine

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 895-904

  Kumar, K S Santhosh ^a   Nair, C P Reghunadhan ^a   Ninan, K N ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Chopped carbon fiber composites; Fracture analysis; Mechanical properties; Polybenzoxazine

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ERROR ANALYSIS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; ICE; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CHOPPED CARBON FIBER COMPOSITES; CHOPPED CARBON FIBERS; COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES; EFFECTIVE CONTACT; FIBER DE-BONDING; FIBER LENGTHS; FIBER LOADINGS; FLEXURAL MODULUS; FLEXURAL PROPERTIES; FLEXURAL STRENGTH; FRACTURE ANALYSIS; LONG FIBER COMPOSITES; MECHANICAL STRENGTHS; MM FIBER; POLYBENZOXAZINE; SHORT FIBERS; SHORT-FIBER COMPOSITES; TENSILE MODULUS; VOID CONTENTS;

CARBON FIBERS;

CARBON FIBER; COMPRESSIVE PROPERTY; FIBER LENGTH; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FRACTURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; STRENGTH; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 48749108368     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: 10991581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.1056     Document Type: Article

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