Mechanical and electrical response of carbon nanotube-based fabric composites to Hopkinson bar loading

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 616-621

  Lim, Amanda S ^a,b   An, Qi ^a,b   Chou, Tsu Wei ^a,b   Thostenson, Erik T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Textile composites; B. Electrical properties; B. Impact behavior; C. Damage mechanics

Indexed keywords

A. CARBON NANOTUBES; B. IMPACT BEHAVIOR; C. DAMAGE MECHANICS; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; TEXTILE COMPOSITE;

BARS (METAL); BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CARBON FIBERS; DYNAMIC LOADS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; LOADING; MECHANISMS; TEXTILES; WEAVING;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 79952448799     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.12.025     Document Type: Article

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