Improving the impact behaviour of structural foams

Cellular Polymers

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 269-287

  Michaeli, Walter ^a   Flórezf, Laura ^a   Obeloer, Dominik ^a   Brinkmann, Markus ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FOAMS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; INJECTION MOLDING; MORPHOLOGY; REINFORCED PLASTICS;

ABSORPTION CAPABILITY; DISPLACEMENT CURVE; FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR; MAXIMAL IMPACT FORCE; MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SEMICRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; THERMOPLASTIC FOAM; THERMOPLASTIC MATERIALS;

FOAM CONTROL;

EID: 77149125889     PISSN: 02624893     EISSN: 14782421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026248930902800403     Document Type: Article

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