Effect of carbon nanofibers on tensile and compressive characteristics of hollow particle filled composites

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1332-1337

  Dimchev, Momchil ^a   Caeti, Ryan ^a   Gupta, Nikhil ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites; B. Foams; E. Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; COMPRESSIVE CHARACTERISTICS; COMPRESSIVE FAILURE; COMPRESSIVE MODULI; COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES; CORE MATERIAL; E. MECHANICAL; E. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; HOLLOW PARTICLE; MOISTURE ABSORPTION; SPECIFIC MODULUS; SYNTACTIC FOAMS; TENSILE MODULI;

CARBON NANOFIBERS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COREMAKING; MARINE APPLICATIONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTACTICS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

FOAMS;

EID: 72049113574     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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