Strength of composite angle brackets with multiple geometries and nanofiber-enhanced resins

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1017-1030

  Avalon, Stephanie C ^a   Donaldson, Steven L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

bracket; composite; nano scale; nanofiber; radial stress

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS; BEND TEST; BRACKET; CLOSED FORM; COMPOSITE; CRITICAL VALUE; CURVED BEAMS; EPOXY MATRICES; EPOXY RESIN MATRIX; FAILURE LOAD; FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; FOUR-POINT; FOUR-POINT BEND; HYDRAULIC LOAD; INITIAL FAILURE; LAMINATE THICKNESS; LOAD DROPS; MATRIX COMPOSITE; MECHANICAL LOADS; NANO SCALE; PEEL STRESS; RADIAL STRESS; STICK-SLIP; VAPOR GROWN CARBON NANOFIBERS;

CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOFIBERS; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; FASTENERS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; LOAD TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SLIP FORMING; SYNTHETIC RESINS; VAPORS;

EPOXY RESINS;

BRACKETS; CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITES; FASTENERS; LAMINATES; LOADS; MICROSCOPES; POLYEPOXIDES; REINFORCED PLASTIC; STRESSES; VAPORS;

EID: 79955112854     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998310381538     Document Type: Article

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