Effects of environmental ageing on the static and cyclic bending properties of braided carbon fibre/PEEK bone plates

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 1216-1220

  Schambron, Thomas ^a   Lowe, Adrian ^b   McGregor, Helen V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Environmental degradation; D. Mechanical testing; E. Braiding

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BENDING STRENGTH; BENDING TESTS; BONE; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON FIBERS; ETHERS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; KETONES; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY; SHIELDING; STEEL; STIFFNESS; TITANIUM;

4-POINT BENDING TESTS; A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); B. ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; BENDING STIFFNESS; BONE RESORPTION; CARBON FIBRES; CYCLIC BENDING; D. MECHANICAL TESTING; E. BRAIDING; ENVIRONMENTAL AGEING; FATIGUE FAILURES; FATIGUE-LIFE; IMPLANT MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (SEM); STAINLESS STEEL ALLOYS; STATIC STRENGTHS; STRESS SHIELDING;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 49849087419     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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