Polymer nanofabric interleaved composite laminates

AIAA Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1723-1729

  Shivakumar, Kunigal ^a,c   Lingaiah, Shivalingappa ^a,c   Chen, Huanchun ^a,c   Akangah, Paul ^a,c   Swaminathan, Gowthaman ^a,c   Russell Jr , Larry ^b,d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE   (United States)

^c Center for Composite Materials Research   (United States)

^d Environmental Sciences Division

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE LAMINATE; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; ELECTROSPUN POLYMER NANOFIBERS; FATIGUE THRESHOLD; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; IMPACT DAMAGE RESISTANCE; IMPACT DAMAGES; IN-PLANE; IN-PLANE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LAMINATE THICKNESS;

DAMPING; FATIGUE DAMAGE; FRACTURE; GLASS TRANSITION; IMPACT RESISTANCE; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; STEEL SHEET;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 68149120345     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.41791     Document Type: Article

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