Tensile strength of glass fibres with carbon nanotube-epoxy nanocomposite coating

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1606-1614

  Siddiqui, Naveed A ^a   Sham, Man Lung ^a   Tang, Ben Zhong ^a   Munir, Arshad ^b   Kim, Jang Kyo ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENTIFIC COMMISSION   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

A. Glass fibre; A. Particle reinforcement; B. Fibre matrix bond; B. Strength; Carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

A. GLASS FIBRE; A. PARTICLE-REINFORCEMENT; B. FIBRE/MATRIX BOND; B. STRENGTH; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; EPOXY COATINGS; EPOXY NANOCOMPOSITES; FAILURE MECHANISM; FIBRE SURFACES; GAUGE LENGTH; GLASS FIBRES; NANO-COMPOSITE COATING; REINFORCED EPOXY; STRENGTH DISTRIBUTION;

CARBON NANOTUBES; COATINGS; COMPOSITE COATINGS; EPOXY RESINS; FIBERS; GLASS FIBERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; REINFORCEMENT; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 70249095287     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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