Reducing dispersity of mechanical properties of carbon fiber/epoxy composites by introducing multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 371-376

  Zhang, Jianwei ^a,b   Ju, Su ^a   Jiang, Dazhi ^a   Peng, Hua Xin ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fiber; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Mechanical properties; D. Electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER/EPOXY COMPOSITES; DISPERSITY; EPOXY MATRICES; INTERLAMINAR SHEAR STRENGTH; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); PREPREGS; REINFORCED EPOXY; WELL-DISPERSED;

CARBON FIBERS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84879531967     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2013.05.046     Document Type: Article

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