The compressive properties of expandable microspheres/epoxy foams

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 724-732

  Wang, Lijun ^a   Yang, Xu ^b   Zhang, Jing ^a   Zhang, Chun ^a   He, Li ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FOR COMPOUNDING AND MODIFICATION OF POLYMER MATERIALS   (China)

^b GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Foams; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Mechanical properties; B. Microstructures

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES; DIFFERENT DENSITIES; EXPANDABLE MICROSPHERES; FOAMING TEMPERATURE; FRACTURE SURFACES; HOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); POWER-LAW DEPENDENCES;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE;

BIOMECHANICS;

EID: 84885161490     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2013.09.030     Document Type: Article

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