Simultaneous binding and toughening concept for textile reinforced pCBT composites: Manufacturing and flexural properties

Composite Structures

Volumn 105, Issue , 2013, Pages 279-287

  Wu, Wangqing ^a,c   Xie, Lei ^a,b   Jiang, Bingyan ^c   Ziegmann, Gerhard ^a  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ABB SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bindered textile preforms; Cyclic butylene terephthalate; Flexural properties; Textile reinforced thermoplastics; Toughening

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC BUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; FLEXURAL PROPERTIES; INFLUENCING MECHANISMS; REINFORCED THERMOPLASTICS; SIMULTANEOUS BINDINGS; TEXTILE PREFORMS; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; VACUUM ASSISTED RESIN INFUSIONS;

BENDING STRENGTH; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MANUFACTURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; TOUGHENING;

TEXTILES;

EID: 84880364131     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2013.05.035     Document Type: Article

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