The effects of carbon nanotubes on mechanical and thermal properties of woven glass fibre reinforced polyamide-6 nanocomposites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 239-244

  Shen, Zhiqi ^a   Bateman, Stuart ^a   Wu, Dong Yang ^a   McMahon, Patrick ^a   Dell'Olio, Mel ^a   Gotama, Januar ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Glass fibre; A. Polymer matrix composites; B. Mechanical properties; B. Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; GLASS; GLASS FIBERS; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; PAPER LAMINATES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERIC GLASS; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WEAVING;

A. CARBON NANOTUBES; A. GLASS FIBRE; A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES; B. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; B. THERMAL PROPERTIES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

GLASS FIBER; LAMINATE; NANOCOMPOSITE; SYNTHETIC POLYAMIDE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 57749103731     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.10.017     Document Type: Article

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