Mechanical characterization and impact damage assessment of a woven carbon fiber reinforced carbon nanotube-epoxy composite

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 42-48

  Tehrani, M ^a   Boroujeni, A Y ^a   Hartman, T B ^a   Haugh, T P ^a   Case, S W ^a   Al Haik, M S ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fibers; A. Carbon nanotubes; B. Impact behavior; C. Damage mechanics; D. Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA)

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; BALLISTIC IMPACT; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED CARBON; COMPOSITE PANELS; COMPOSITE SAMPLES; DAMAGE MECHANICS; DAMAGE MECHANISM; DAMPING PERFORMANCE; DYNAMIC DAMPING; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL TEST; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY DISSIPATION CAPACITIES; EPOXY MATRICES; FAILURE BEHAVIORS; FIBER REINFORCED; FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES; IMPACT BEHAVIOR; IMPACT DAMAGES; IMPACT ENERGY; IMPACT PHENOMENA; IMPACT TEST; INTERMEDIATE VELOCITIES; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; NANOTUBE-EPOXY COMPOSITES; OUT-OF-PLANE; PROGRESSIVE DAMAGE; PUNCH TESTS; QUASI-STATIC; QUASI-STATIC PUNCH TEST; TENSILE FAILURES;

CARBON FIBERS; DAMAGE DETECTION; DAMPING; DYNAMICS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; THERMOANALYSIS;

FAILURE (MECHANICAL);

EID: 84871998431     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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