Interlaminar toughening of resin transfer moulded glass fibre epoxy laminates by polycaprolactone electrospun nanofibres

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 104, Issue , 2014, Pages 66-73

  van der Heijden, Sam ^a   Daelemans, Lode ^a   De Schoenmaker, Bert ^a   De Baere, Ives ^a   Rahier, Hubert ^b   Van Paepegem, Wim ^a   De Clerck, Karen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

A. Nano composites; B. Delamination; B. Fracture toughness; E. Resin transfer moulding (RTM)

Indexed keywords

E. RESIN TRANSFER MOULDINGS; ELECTROSPUNS; EPOXY LAMINATES; INTERLAMINAR;

EID: 84907484276     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2014.09.005     Document Type: Article

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