Sensing strain and damage in polyurethane-MWCNT nano-composite foams using electrical measurements

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-54

  Baltopoulos, A ^a   Athanasopoulos, N ^a   Fotiou, I ^a   Vavouliotis, A ^a   Kostopoulos, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Damage mechanism sensing; Electrical conductivity; Nano composite foams; Smart polymers

Indexed keywords

BULK PROPERTIES; CNT DISPERSION; COMPRESSION STAGES; COMPRESSION TESTS; DAMAGE IDENTIFICATION; DAMAGE MECHANISM; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTRICAL SENSING; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; HIGH-SHEAR MIXING; HOST POLYMERS; INITIAL STAGES; MASTER CURVE; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MICROSTRUCTURAL DAMAGE; NANOFILLER; POLYMERIC FOAMS; SMART POLYMERS; VARIOUS DENSITIES;

COMPRESSION TESTING; DAMAGE DETECTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROMIGRATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84869124012     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2013.4     Document Type: Article

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