Healing of carbon fibre-epoxy composites using thermoplastic additives

Polymer Chemistry

Volumn 4, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 5007-5015

  Pingkarawat, K ^a   Bhat, T ^a   Craze, D A ^a   Wang, C H ^a   Varley, R J ^b   Mouritz, A P ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ACRYLIC MONOMERS; CARBON FIBERS; CRACKS; DELAMINATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; POLYETHYLENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REPAIR; RESINS; STYRENE; THERMOPLASTICS;

ACRYLONITRILE BUTADIENE STYRENE; CARBON FIBRE EPOXY COMPOSITES; CARBON-EPOXY COMPOSITE; DELAMINATED COMPOSITES; EPOXY RESIN NETWORKS; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATES; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; PRESSURE DELIVERY MECHANISM;

EPOXY RESINS;

EID: 84882446421     PISSN: 17599954     EISSN: 17599962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3py00459g     Document Type: Article

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