Method of quantitative analysis of filler dispersion in composite systems with spherical inclusions

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1543-1549

  Glaskova, T ^a   Zarrelli, M ^b   Borisova, A ^a   Timchenko, K ^a   Aniskevich, A ^a   Giordano, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

A. Particle reinforced composites; B. Dispersion; C. Modeling; C. Probabilistic methods; C. Statistics

Indexed keywords

A. PARTICLE-REINFORCED COMPOSITES; B. DISPERSION; C. MODELING; C. STATISTICS; PROBABILISTIC METHODS;

FILLERS; PARTICLE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 80051926926     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.06.009     Document Type: Article

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