Carbon and glass hierarchical fibers: Influence of carbon nanotubes on tensile, flexural and impact properties of short fiber reinforced composites

Materials and Design

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-16

  Rahmanian, S ^a   Thean, K S ^a   Suraya, A R ^a   Shazed, M A ^a   Mohd Salleh, M A ^a   Yusoff, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Nanocomposites; C. Vapor deposition; E. Impact

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE FRACTURE SURFACES; E. IMPACT; ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPES; FIBER REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITES; FLOATING CATALYST; HIERARCHICAL FIBER; IMPACT PROPERTY; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; SEM MICROGRAPHS; SHORT FIBER COMPOSITES; SHORT-FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITES; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; GLASS FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPORS;

FIBERS;

EID: 84864069470     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2012.06.025     Document Type: Article

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