Assessment of interfacial bonding between polymer threads and epoxy resin by transverse fibre bundle (TFB) tests

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1698-1707

  Deng, Shiqiang ^a   Qi, Ben ^b   Hou, Meng ^b   Ye, Lin ^a   Magniez, Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures ^*  (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Epoxy; A. Polymer threads; B. Fibre matrix bond; B. Interface; D. Transverse fibre bundle (TFB) test

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; COMPOSITE SYSTEMS; DOGBONE; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; FIBRE BUNDLE; FIBRE/MATRIX BOND; INTERFACIAL BONDING; INTERFACIAL BONDING STRENGTH; MATRIX; MECHANICAL TESTING METHODS; MICRO-MECHANICAL; MIDDLE SECTION; MODE II; NORMAL STRESS; NOTCHED BEAM; POLYMER THREAD; SHEAR TESTING; TENSILE SPECIMENS; TEST RESULTS;

ADHESION; DIFFUSION BONDING; EPOXY RESINS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; POLYMERS; RESINS; SHEAR STRENGTH; TENSILE STRENGTH;

FIBERS;

EID: 71749114817     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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