Healing of carbon fibre-epoxy composite T-joints using mendable polymer fibre stitching

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1499-1507

  Yang, T ^a,b   Zhang, J ^b   Mouritz, A P ^b   Wang, C H ^b  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites; B. Delamination; D. Mechanical testing; E. Stitching

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION PROPERTY; CARBON FIBRE EPOXY COMPOSITES; COMPOSITE JOINT; DELAMINATION TOUGHNESS; E. STITCHING; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HEALING PROCESS; HIGH TOUGHNESS; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE; MATRIX CRACK; POLY(ETHYLENE-CO-METHACRYLIC ACID); POLYMER FIBRES; POLYMER NETWORKS; PULL-OFF; STITCHING TECHNIQUES; SYNERGISTIC COMBINATIONS; T JOINTS; THERMAL ACTIVATION; ULTIMATE LOADS;

CARBON FIBERS; CRACKS; DELAMINATION; ETHYLENE; FRACTURE TESTING; LOADING; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

REPAIR;

EID: 84869492266     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2012.08.022     Document Type: Article

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