Effect of reinforced fiber length on the damping performance of thermoplastic composites

Advanced Composite Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 319-335

  Subramanian, C ^a   Deshpande, Sunil Balwant ^a   Senthilvelan, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Damping; Elastic hysteresis; Matrix interface; Phase lag; Thermoplastic composite

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC HYSTERESIS; FREE AND FORCED VIBRATIONS; LONG GLASS FIBER REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENES; MATRIX INTERFACES; PHASE LAGS; REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL DAMPING CHARACTERISTIC; THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DAMPING; GLASS; REINFORCEMENT; THERMOPLASTICS;

FIBERS;

COMPOSITES; DAMPING; GLASS; HYSTERESIS; REINFORCEMENT; THERMOPLASTICS;

EID: 84880666210     PISSN: 09243046     EISSN: 15685519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/092430410X550872     Document Type: Article

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