Interlaminar fracture toughness of carbon fibre-reinforced polymer laminates with nano- and micro-fillers

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Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Kostopoulos, V ^a   Karapappas, P ^a   Loutas, T ^a   Vavouliotis, A ^a   Paipetis, A ^b   Tsotra, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

acoustic emission; carbon nanofibres; fibre reinforced materials; fracture mechanics

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBRE-REINFORCED POLYMER; CARBON NANOFIBRES; COMPOSITE MATRICES; FIBRE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; FIBRE-REINFORCED MATERIALS; FRACTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCES; FRACTURE MECHANISMS; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE; MATRIX; MICRO-FILLERS; MODE I FRACTURE; MODE II; MODE-II FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MODIFIED COMPOSITES; PZT;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; BRIDGE DECKS; CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOFIBERS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIBERS; FILLERS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; PARTICLE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 79958842779     PISSN: 00392103     EISSN: 14751305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1305.2008.00612.x     Document Type: Article

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