Improvements in mechanical properties of a carbon fiber epoxy composite using nanotube science and technology

Composite Structures

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2653-2662

  Davis, Daniel C ^a   Wilkerson, Justin W ^a   Zhu, Jiang ^b   Ayewah, Daniel O O ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b NanoRidge Materials Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon fiber; Carbon nanotubes; Composites; Cyclic fatigue loading; Epoxy; Functionalization

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; CARBON FIBER FABRICS; CARBON NANOTUBES COMPOSITES; COMPOSITE LAMINATE; CURING CYCLE; CYCLIC FATIGUE LOADING; CYCLIC LOADINGS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIBER INTERFACE; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOTUBES; INTERFACIAL CRACKING; MATRIX; NANOTUBE SCIENCE; PLY LAMINATES; SPRAYING TECHNOLOGY; TENSION-COMPRESSION; TENSION-TENSION; VACUUM ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; WEIGHT PERCENT;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CYCLIC LOADS; EPOXY RESINS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIBERS; FLUORINE; LAMINATES; LOADING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; RESINS; STIFFNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CARBON FIBERS;

CARBON FIBER; COMPRESSION; DELAMINATION; DURABILITY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; LAMINATE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOTUBE; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH; TENSILE PROPERTY; TENSION;

EID: 77953361085     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2010.03.019     Document Type: Article

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