Monitoring the cure state of thermosetting resins by ultrasound

Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3783-3804

  Lionetto, Francesca ^a   Maffezzoli, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cure monitoring; Gelation; Longitudinal modulus; Thermosetting resins; Ultrasonic dynamic mechanical analysis; Ultrasonic wave propagation; Viscoelastic properties; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

AIR-COUPLED ULTRASONIC; CURE MONITORING; LONGITUDINAL MODULUS; LOW FREQUENCY DYNAMICS; LOW INTENSITY ULTRASOUND; SOUND VELOCITY AND ATTENUATION; VISCO-ELASTIC CHARACTERISTICS; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

CROSSLINKING; CURING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GELATION; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; RESINS; THERMOSETS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION; ULTRASONIC WAVES; VISCOELASTICITY; VITRIFICATION;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84884559943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma6093783     Document Type: Article

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