Improvement in the mechanical performances of carbon fiber/epoxy composite with addition of nano-(Polyvinyl alcohol) fibers

Composite Structures

Volumn 99, Issue , 2013, Pages 380-387

  Phong, Nguyen Tien ^a,b   Gabr, Mohamed H ^a,c   Okubo, Kazuya ^a   Chuong, Bui ^b   Fujii, Toru ^a  

^a DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HANOI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^c Sohag University Sohag   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Fatigue life; Mode I interlaminar fracture toughness; Nano (Polyvinyl alcohol) fibers; Polymer composite

Indexed keywords

CARBON FABRICS; CARBON FIBER/EPOXY COMPOSITES; ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUES; EPOXY MATRICES; HIGH CYCLE FATIGUE; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATRIX CRACK; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MECHANICAL TESTS; MODE-I FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; POLYMER COMPOSITE; WELL-DISPERSED;

CARBON; CRACKS; ELECTROSPINNING; FATIGUE TESTING; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 84874317920     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2012.12.018     Document Type: Article

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