Effect of electrospun polyamide 6 nanofibres on the mechanical properties of a glass fibre/epoxy composite

Polymer Testing

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1495-1501

  De Schoenmaker, Bert ^a   Van Der Heijden, Sam ^a   De Baere, Ives ^a   Van Paepegem, Wim ^a   De Clerck, Karen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Matrix cracking; Optical microscopy; Polyamide 6 nanofibres; Stress strain curves; Structural composites

Indexed keywords

FIBRE REINFORCEMENTS; GLASS FIBRE COMPOSITES; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; MATRIX CRACKING; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MICROSCOPIC IMAGE; POLYAMIDE 6; STRUCTURAL COMPOSITES;

CRACKS; DISPERSIONS; EPOXY RESINS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FIBERS; GLASS FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; REINFORCEMENT; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

NANOFIBERS;

EID: 84886556181     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2013.09.015     Document Type: Article

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