Effect of vacuum thermal cyclic exposures on unidirectional carbon fiber/epoxy composites for low earth orbit space applications

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 726-738

  Park, Sang Yoon ^a   Choi, Heung Soap ^b   Choi, Won Jong ^a   Kwon, Hyuk ^a  

^a Hankuk Aviation University   (South Korea)

^b Korean Air   (South Korea)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fiber; B. Fiber matrix bond; C. Statistical properties methods; D. Mechanical testing

Indexed keywords

B. FIBER/MATRIX BOND; CYCLIC EXPOSURES; CYCLIC THERMAL LOADING; DEGRADATION PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FIBER-MATRIX INTERFACES; HIGH MODULUS CARBON FIBER; HIGH VACUUM; INTERFACIAL SLIDING; LOW EARTH ORBITS; MATERIAL RESPONSE; MICRO VOIDS; PROPERTY DEGRADATION; REINFORCED COMPOSITES; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES/METHODS; SYNERGISTIC ACTION; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; UNIDIRECTIONAL CARBON FIBER/EPOXY COMPOSITE; VACUUM ENVIRONMENT; VACUUM THERMAL CYCLING;

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; DEGRADATION; EARTH (PLANET); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; ORBITS; SPACE APPLICATIONS; THERMAL CYCLING; VACUUM; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

CARBON FIBERS;

EID: 84856499377     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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