Improved fracture toughness of carbon fibre/epoxy composite laminates using dissolvable thermoplastic fibres

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 759-767

  Wong, Doris W Y ^a   Lin, Lin ^b   McGrail, P Terry ^c   Peijs, Ton ^a,c   Hogg, Paul J ^d  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Eindhoven Polymer Laboratories ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fibre; A. Polymer fibre; B. Fracture toughness; Toughened epoxy

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; A. POLYMER FIBRE; CARBON FIBRES; COMPOSITE LAMINATE; CONCEPT-BASED; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS VALUES; INTERLAMINAR; MATRIX; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; PHASE SEPARATED MORPHOLOGY; PHENOXY BLENDS; POLYMER FIBRES; RESIN INFUSION; SECONDARY PHASE; THERMAL STABILITY; THERMOPLASTIC FIBRES; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CURING; DISSOLUTION; FIBERS; FRACTURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHENOXY RESINS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; RESINS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 77950020798     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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