Single-polymer composites (SPCs): Status and future trends

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 77-94

  Karger Kocsis, J ^a   Barany T ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); A. Recycling; A. Textile composites; Single polymer composites

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING PARTS; INTERFACE/INTERPHASES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); POLYMERIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS; SEMICRYSTALLINES; SINGLE POLYMER COMPOSITES; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TEXTILE COMPOSITE;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; PREFORMING; REINFORCEMENT;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84891779428     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2013.12.006     Document Type: Review

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