Effects of stretching on mechanical properties of aligned multi-walled carbon nanotube/epoxy composites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 194-202

  Nam, Tran Huu ^a   Goto, Ken ^a   Nakayama, Hirokazu ^b   Oshima, Kahori ^c   Premalal, Vikum ^c   Shimamura, Yoshinobu ^c   Inoue, Yoku ^c   Naito, Kimiyoshi ^d   Kobayashi, Satoshi ^e  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A. Nano structures; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Mechanical properties; E. Prepreg

Indexed keywords

EPOXY RESINS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

E. PREPREG; HOT MELT; HOT STRETCHING; ITS EFFICIENCIES; MECHANICAL STRETCHING; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); PREPREGS; STRETCH RATIO;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84902520177     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2014.05.013     Document Type: Article

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