Nano-engineered composites: A multiscale approach for adding toughness to fibre reinforced composites

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages 3252-3258

  Gorbatikh, Larissa ^a   Lomov, Stepan V ^a   Verpoest, Ignaas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carbon fibres; Carbon nanotubes; Composite materials; Glass fibres; Nano engineering

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DAMAGE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE DAMAGE; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIBERS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLASS; GLASS FIBERS; NANOTUBES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; SHEAR FLOW; STRAIN; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE STRESS; YARN;

CARBON FIBRE COMPOSITES; FIBRE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; GLASS FIBRE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; INTERFACIAL SHEAR STRENGTH; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; NANO-ENGINEERING; QUASIISOTROPIC LAMINATES; TRANSPORT APPLICATIONS;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 80052935545     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.04.537     Document Type: Conference Paper

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