Design and development of thermoplastic composite roof door for mass transit bus

Materials and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 983-991

  Ning, Haibin ^a   Pillay, Selvum ^a   Vaidya, Uday K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bus roof door; Thermoforming; Thermoplastic composites

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPONENTS; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENTS; FUEL EFFICIENCIES; GLASS MAT THERMOPLASTICS; HIGH SPECIFIC STRENGTHS; LIGHT WEIGHTS; MAINTENANCE COSTS; MASS TRANSITS; METALLIC COMPONENTS; NOVEL DESIGNS; PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES; REINFORCED COMPOSITES; STRUCTURAL STIFFNESSES; THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES; WEIGHT SAVINGS;

ALUMINA; BUSES; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DOMES; DOORS; FORMING; MAINTENANCE; MARINE APPLICATIONS; MARINE ENGINEERING; MASS TRANSPORTATION; PLASTICS FORMING; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; ROOFS; THERMOFORMING; THERMOPLASTICS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 57249084287     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2008.06.066     Document Type: Article

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