Health monitoring in continuous glass fibre reinforced thermoplastics: Tailored sensitivity and cyclic loading of CNT-based interphase sensors

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2023-2030

  Rausch, J ^a   Mader E ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Glass fibres; B. Electrical properties; B. Interphase; Sensing

Indexed keywords

A. CARBON NANOTUBES; A. GLASS FIBRES; B. INTERPHASE; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; SENSING;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; CARBON NANOTUBES; COATINGS; CYCLIC LOADS; FIBERS; GLASS FIBERS; LOADING; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SENSORS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOPLASTICS;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 77956919573     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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