Evaluating the effects of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on the mechanical properties of chopped strand mat/polyester composites

Materials and Design

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 274-279

  Shokrieh, M M ^a   Saeedi, A ^a   Chitsazzadeh, M ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chopped strand mat polyester composites; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Polymer matrix; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; DISPERSIONS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); POLYMER MATRIX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CHOPPED STRAND MAT; CLASSICAL BEAM THEORY; COMPRESSIVE MODULI; EFFECT OF ADDITION; EFFECT OF CARBONS; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES; HYBRID COMPOSITES; TENSILE AND FLEXURAL PROPERTIES;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84888879685     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2013.11.017     Document Type: Article

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