Investigation of the effect of single wall carbon nanotubes on interlaminar fracture toughness of woven carbon fiber-epoxy composites

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1091-1107

  Thakre, Piyush R ^a   Lagoudas, Dimitris C ^a   Riddick, Jaret C ^b   Gates, Thomas S ^c   Frankland, Sarah Jane V ^d   Ratcliffe, James G ^d   Jiang Zhu, ^e   Barrera, Enrique V ^f  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE   (United States)

^e NanoRidge Materials Inc   (United States)

^f Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon fiber composites; carbon nanotubes; DCB; delamination; interlaminar fracture; VARTM; woven fabric composites

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER COMPOSITE; DCB; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE; VARTM; WOVEN FABRIC COMPOSITES;

CANTILEVER BEAMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; DELAMINATION; FIBERS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LAMINATES; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; RESINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); STEEL SHEET; STRAIN RATE; VACUUM APPLICATIONS; WEAVING;

CARBON FIBERS;

EID: 79955688482     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998310389088     Document Type: Article

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