Improvements in interlaminar strength: A carbon nanotube approach

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1508-1516

  Storck, Steven ^a   Malecki, Harry ^a,b   Shah, Tushar ^b   Zupan, Marc ^a  

^a Baltimore County   (United States)

^b Applied NanoStructured Solutions LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Nano structures; B. Fiber matrix bond; B. Fracture toughness; D. Fractography

Indexed keywords

A. NANO-STRUCTURES; B. FIBER/MATRIX BOND; B. FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; D. FRACTOGRAPHY; DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM TEST; FIBER DAMAGES; FIBER DIAMETERS; HIGH DENSITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERLAMINAR STRENGTH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

CANTILEVER BEAMS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; IODINE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 79960021190     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2011.04.039     Document Type: Article

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