The effect of adding carbon nanotubes to glass/epoxy composites in the fibre sizing and/or the matrix

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 532-538

  Warrier, Ashish ^a   Godara, Ajay ^a,b   Rochez, Olivier ^b   Mezzo, Luca ^b   Luizi, Frederic ^b   Gorbatikh, Larissa ^a   Lomov, Stepan V ^a   VanVuure, Aart Willem ^a   Verpoest, Ignaas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NANOCYL S A   (Belgium)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); B. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSION; EPOXY COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBRES; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; GLASS/EPOXY COMPOSITE; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATRIX; THERMO-PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CRACKS; FIBERS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLASS FIBERS; GLASS TRANSITION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL STRESS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 75749108202     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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