Fabrication of CFRP from high performance clay/epoxy nanocomposite: Preparation conditions, thermal-mechanical properties and interlaminar fracture characteristics

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 881-887

  Phonthammachai, Nopphawan ^a   Li, Xu ^a   Wong, Siewyee ^a   Chia, Hongling ^a   Tjiu, Weng Weei ^a   He, Chaobin ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fiber; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Mechanical properties; B. Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

A. CARBON FIBER; A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); AMINOPROPYL; B. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; B. THERMAL PROPERTIES; CARBON FIBER FABRICS; CARBON FIBER-REINFORCED POLYMER; CLAY CONTENT; CURING TEMPERATURE; HIGH STRENGTH; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LAMINATED MATERIALS; PREPARATION CONDITIONS; PRISTINE CLAY; SILANIZATIONS; STARTING MATERIALS; THERMAL MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL STABILITY; TRIMETHOXYSILANE;

CARBON FIBERS; EPOXY RESINS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LAMINATING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; RESINS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

FRACTURE;

EID: 79957687797     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2011.02.014     Document Type: Article

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