Characterization of the mechanical properties and fatigue behaviour of a three-dimensional braided carbon-fiber/polyimide composite

26th Annual Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites 2011 and the 2nd Joint US-Canada Conference on Composites

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 2536-2550

  Montesano, J ^a   Fawaz, Z ^a   Poon, C ^a   Behdinan, K ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED COMPOSITES; CRACK DENSITY; DAMAGE DEVELOPMENT; DAMAGED MATERIALS; FATIGUE BEHAVIOUR; FATIGUE LIMIT; HYSTERETIC MATERIALS; MAXIMUM STRESS; OFF-AXIS; PROGRESSIVE DAMAGE; REPLICATION TECHNIQUES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; STATIC TESTS; STIFFNESS DEGRADATION; STRESS MAGNITUDE; STRESS STRAIN BEHAVIOURS; STRESS-STRAIN; STRESS-STRAIN RESPONSE; TEST SPECIMENS; THERMOSETTING POLYIMIDES; TRANSITION STRESS; UNIAXIAL TENSILE;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; FATIGUE TESTING; POLYIMIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STIFFNESS; TESTING; THERMOSETS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; YARN;

CARBON FIBERS;

CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITES; DEGRADATION; FATIGUE RESISTANCE; POLYIMIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STIFFNESS; THERMOSETS; THREE DIMENSIONAL DESIGN; YARN;

EID: 84865634848     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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