Improved fracture toughness in carbon fibre epoxy composite through novel pre-preg coating method using epoxy terminated butadiene nitrile rubber

Materials and Design

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 320-326

  Shivakumar Gouda, P S ^a,b,d   Chatterjee, Vijay ^a,c   Barhai, P K ^c   Jawali, Dayananda ^d   Rahatekar, Sameer ^a   Wisnom, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SDM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d SRI JAYACHAMARAJENDRA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

Energy release rate; Epoxy terminated butadiene nitrile; Polymer composites; Polymer pre preg systems

Indexed keywords

BUTADIENE; COATING TECHNIQUES; COATINGS; CYANIDES; ENERGY RELEASE RATE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; POLYMER BLENDS; RUBBER;

BUTADIENE NITRILE; BUTADIENE-NITRILE RUBBER; CARBON FIBRE EPOXY COMPOSITES; CRITICAL ENERGY RELEASE RATE; FRACTOGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; POLYMER COMPOSITE; REACTIVE LIQUID RUBBER;

CARBON FIBERS;

EID: 84902330879     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2014.05.018     Document Type: Article

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