Ablation performance and characterization of thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer nanocomposites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 109-118

  Allcorn, Eric K ^a   Natali, Maurizio ^b   Koo, Joseph H ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. High temperature properties; D. Thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ABLATIVE MATERIALS; CARBON; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CHARACTERIZATION; ELASTOMERS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; PLASTICS; POLYURETHANES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; THERMOANALYSIS; YARN;

ABLATION PERFORMANCE; INTERNAL TEMPERATURE; MATERIAL PERFORMANCE; MONTMORILLONITE CLAY; PEAK TEMPERATURES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); SHIELDING MATERIALS; THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE ELASTOMERS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84870795287     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2012.08.017     Document Type: Article

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