The investigation of inner structural damage of UV and heat degraded polymer composites using X-ray micro CT

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 408-418

  Awaja, Firas ^a   Nguyen, Minh Tam ^b,c   Zhang, Shengnan ^a   Arhatari, Benedicta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Damage tolerance; D. Non destructive testing

Indexed keywords

3-D IMAGE; B. DAMAGE TOLERANCE; CARBON FIBRE COMPOSITES; CARBON FIBRES; DENSITY CHANGE; E-GLASS; EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITES; INNER STRUCTURE; INTERNAL DAMAGES; MATRIX COMPOSITE; MICRO CT; MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEAR SURFACE REGIONS; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; POLYMER COMPOSITE; REINFORCED EPOXY; REINFORCEMENT FILLER; RESIN MATRIX; STRUCTURAL DAMAGES; UV DEGRADATION; UV- AND;

CARBON FIBERS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EPOXY RESINS; GLASS; MICROCRACKS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERS; RESINS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DAMAGE TOLERANCE;

EID: 79951515776     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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