Interfacial shear behavior of 3D composites reinforced with CNT-grafted carbon fibers

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1410-1418

  Yang, Lin ^a,b   He, Xiaodong ^a   Mei, Lei ^a   Tong, Liyong ^b   Wang, Rongguo ^a   Li, Yibin ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fibre; A. Nano structures; B. Interface interphase; C. Computational modelling

Indexed keywords

3D COMPOSITES; BOND TEST; CIRCULAR BEAMS; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; CROSS-SECTION DISTRIBUTION; DEFORMATION PROCESS; INTERFACE/INTERPHASES; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; INTERFACIAL SHEAR; INTERFACIAL SHEAR STRENGTH; MD SIMULATION; NEUTRAL PLANE; RULE OF MIXTURE;

CARBON FIBERS; ELASTIC MODULI; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SHEAR STRESS;

FIBERS;

EID: 84862805838     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2011.11.012     Document Type: Article

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