Tensile strength of glass fibres with carbon nanotube-epoxy nanocomposite coating: Effects of CNT morphology and dispersion state

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 539-548

  Siddiqui, Naveed A ^a   Li, Erin L ^a   Sham, Man Lung ^a   Tang, Ben Zhong ^a   Gao, Shang Lin ^b   Mäder, Edith ^b   Kim, Jang Kyo ^a  

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

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Glass fibre; A. Particle reinforcement; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Strength; Weibull modulus

Indexed keywords

CNT DISPERSION; CRACK-HEALING; DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; DISPERSION CHARACTERISTICS; DISPERSION STATE; EPOXY NANOCOMPOSITES; GAUGE LENGTH; GLASS FIBRES; NANO-COMPOSITE COATING; PARTICLE REINFORCEMENT; STRONG CORRELATION; WEIBULL MODULUS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CRACKS; DISPERSIONS; FIBERS; GLASS FIBERS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; REINFORCEMENT; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 76549088762     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2009.12.011     Document Type: Article

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