Improved interlaminar shear properties of multiscale carbon fiber composites with bucky paper interleaves made from carbon nanofibers

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 5265-5277

  Khan, Shafi Ullah ^a   Kim, Jang Kyo ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMELIORATING EFFECT; BUCKY PAPER; CARBON FIBER COMPOSITE; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; CFRP COMPOSITES; FRP COMPOSITE; HIGH VISCOSITIES; HIGH-CONTENT; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; INTERLAMINAR; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTERLAMINAR SHEAR PROPERTY; INTERLAMINAR SHEAR STRENGTH; MODE II; MULTI-SCALE COMPOSITES; MULTISCALES; POLYMER IMPREGNATION; POLYMER RESINS; PREPREGS; RESIN IMPREGNATION; VACUUM FILTRATION; VACUUM INFILTRATION;

CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOFIBERS; IMPREGNATION; PAPER; RESINS; SHEAR STRENGTH; VACUUM;

SHEAR FLOW;

CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITES; CURING; FILTRATION; IMPREGNATION; INTERLEAVING PAPERS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS;

EID: 84865511655     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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