Design of an impact resistant glass fibre/epoxy composites using short silk fibres

Materials and Design

Volumn 35, Issue , 2012, Pages 664-669

  Ho, Mei po ^a   Lau, Kin tak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED COMPOSITES; CROSS-PLY; DROP WEIGHT TESTS; ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES; FRACTURE SURFACES; GLASS FIBRE COMPOSITES; GLASS FIBRE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; IMPACT-RESISTANT GLASS; LOW COSTS; PRISTINE GLASS; REINFORCED COMPOSITES; REINFORCEMENT CONTENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES (SEM); SILK FIBRES; TENSILE AND IMPACT PROPERTIES; VISUAL EXAMINATION; WOVEN GLASS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

DESIGN; FIBERS; GLASS FIBERS; IMPACT RESISTANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILK;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 80755159450     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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