Viscoelastic properties and determination of free volume fraction of multi-walled carbon nanotube/epoxy composite using dynamic mechanical thermal analysis

Materials and Design

Volumn 36, Issue , 2012, Pages 408-414

  Montazeri, Arash ^a   Pourshamsian, Khalil ^a   Riazian, Mehran ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

A. Composite; E. Mechanical properties; G. Thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

CAST MOLDING; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; E. MECHANICAL; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; G. THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS; TRANSITION REGIONS; ULTRA-SONICATION; VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIORS; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES; WEIGHT FRACTIONS;

FREE VOLUME; GLASS TRANSITION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; THERMOANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 84855385689     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.11.038     Document Type: Article

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