Damage sensing of adhesively-bonded hybrid composite/steel joints using carbon nanotubes

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1183-1189

  Lim, Amanda S ^a   Melrose, Zachary R ^a   Thostenson, Erik T ^a   Chou, Tsu Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Adhesive joints; A. Hybrid composites; B. Debonding; B. Mechanical properties; D. Acoustic emission

Indexed keywords

A. ADHESIVE JOINTS; A. HYBRID COMPOSITES; B. DEBONDING; B. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; D. ACOUSTIC EMISSION;

ADHESIVE JOINTS; CARBON NANOTUBES; HYBRID MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCED PLASTICS;

CARBON FIBERS;

EID: 79957612139     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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