Tensile properties of carbon fibres and carbon fibre-polymer composites in fire

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 765-772

  Feih, S ^a,b   Mouritz, A P ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures Ltd ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fibre; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. High temperature properties; B. Thermomechanical

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); CARBON FIBRE COMPOSITES; CARBON-EPOXY LAMINATES; FIBRE REINFORCEMENTS; FIBRE STRENGTH; HIGH-TEMPERATURE EXPOSURE; INERT ATMOSPHERES; NEAR-SURFACE; OXYGEN CONTENT; SIMULATED FIRE; SOFTENING MECHANISMS; STIFFNESS LOSS; STRUCTURAL TESTS; SURFACE OXIDATIONS; TENSILE PERFORMANCE; THERMO-MECHANICAL;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FIBERS; FIRES; POLYMERS; STIFFNESS;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84858697687     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2011.06.016     Document Type: Article

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