Modelling the stress-transfer efficiency of carbon-epoxy interfaces

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 457, Issue 2011, 2001, Pages 1555-1577

  Paipetis, A ^a,c   Galiotis, C ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

^c THEORETICAL AND PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carbon fibre; Composites; Epoxy resin; Interface; Raman spectroscopy; Stress transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249091836     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2000.0774     Document Type: Article

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