Enhancing specific strength and stiffness of phenolic microsphere syntactic foams through carbon fiber reinforcement

Polymer Composites

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 256-262

  Huang, Yi Jen ^a   Wang, Chia Hao ^a   Huang, Yu Lin ^a   Guo, Gangjian ^a   Nutt, Steven R ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCEMENT; CHOPPED CARBON FIBER; ENHANCED PERFORMANCE; FIBER REINFORCEMENT; FOAM CORE; FOAM DENSITIES; LAYER ORIENTATIONS; LOADING DIRECTION; MATRIX; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; P-TYPE; SPECIFIC STIFFNESS; SPECIFIC STRENGTH; SYNTACTIC FOAMS;

CARBON FIBERS; CARBON PHENOLIC COMPOSITES; COREMAKING; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; MICROSPHERES; PHENOLIC RESINS; PHENOLS; REINFORCEMENT; RESINS; STIFFNESS; SYNTACTICS;

FOAMS;

EID: 77249093122     PISSN: 02728397     EISSN: 15480569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pc.20795     Document Type: Article

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