Tensile properties of carbon nanofiber reinforced multiscale syntactic foams

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 584-591

  Colloca, Michele ^a   Gupta, Nikhil ^a   Porfiri, Maurizio ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Foams; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Mechanical properties; B. Porosity; D. Mechanical testing

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCHEME; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FRACTURE SURFACES; GLASS MICROBALLOONS; HOLLOW GLASS; HOMOGENIZATION TECHNIQUES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MICROBALLOONS; MODEL PREDICTION; MULTISCALES; NANOINDENTATION TESTS; POLYMERMATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); REINFORCED COMPOSITES; REINFORCED EPOXY; REINFORCED RESINS; SYNTACTIC FOAMS; TENSILE TESTS; WALL THICKNESS;

CARBON NANOFIBERS; EPOXY RESINS; FOAMS; GLASS; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RESINS; TENSILE TESTING;

REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 84867522410     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2012.02.030     Document Type: Article

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