Increasing the through-thickness thermal conductivity of carbon fiber polymer-matrix composite by curing pressure increase and filler incorporation

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1944-1952

  Han, Seungjin ^a   Chung, D D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fiber; A. Carbon nanotube; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); A. Structural composites; B. Thermal properties; Carbon black; Composite material; Epoxy; Polymer; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

A. CARBON FIBER; A. CARBON NANOTUBE; A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); EPOXY; STRUCTURAL COMPOSITES;

CARBON BLACK; CURING; FIBERS; FILLED POLYMERS; FILLERS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CARBON FIBERS;

EID: 80055009014     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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