Interlaminar fracture toughness of laminated woven composites reinforced with aligned nanoscale fibers: Mechanisms at the macro, micro, and nano scales

54th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wicks, Sunny S ^a   Wardle, Brian L ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES; FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE MECHANISMS; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTERLAMINAR TOUGHNESS; MODE-I FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MORPHOLOGY INVESTIGATIONS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING (SHM);

FIBERS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 84880837394     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2013-1612     Document Type: Conference Paper

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