Energy-absorption enhancement in carbon-fiber aluminum-foam sandwich structures from short aramid-fiber interfacial reinforcement

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 14-21

  Sun, Zhi ^a,b   Hu, Xiaozhi ^a   Sun, Shiyong ^b   Chen, Haoran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Aramid fiber; C. Fiber bridging; C. Sandwich structures; D. Fractography; Short fiber toughening

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM FOAM; COMPOSITE FACES; CRACK-BRIDGING; FABRICATION PROCESS; FACE SHEETS; FIBER BRIDGING; INTERFACIAL BONDING; INTERFACIAL DISTRIBUTION; PEAK LOAD; SANDWICH BEAMS; SHORT FIBER TOUGHENING; STRENGTHENING MECHANISMS; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE; THREE-POINT-BENDING; WEIGHT PERCENTAGES;

ALUMINUM; ARAMID FIBERS; CARBON; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FOAMS; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEXTILE FIBERS;

FIBER BONDING;

EID: 84873712615     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2013.01.016     Document Type: Article

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