Flexural creep of long fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites: Effect of processing-dependent fiber variables on creep response

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1253-1262

  Chevali, Venkata S ^a   Janowski, Gregg M ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Polymer Matrix Composites (PMCs); B. Creep; C. Analytical Modelling; D. Mechanical Testing

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); ANALYTICAL MODELLING; C. ANALYTICAL MODELLING; CREEP COMPLIANCE; CREEP PROPERTIES; CREEP RESPONSE; CREEP TESTS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL; E-GLASS FIBERS; FIBER ALIGNMENT; FIBER LENGTH; LONG FIBER; LONGITUDINAL FIBERS; MASTER CURVE; MODEL PARAMETERS; REINFORCED THERMOPLASTICS; TIME-TEMPERATURE; WEIGHT FRACTIONS;

ALIGNMENT; CREEP; FIBERS; GLASS FIBERS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIOLOGY; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; STRESSES; THERMOPLASTICS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

CREEP TESTING;

EID: 77955414964     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2010.05.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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