Advanced materials enabling high-volume road transport applications of lightweight structural composite parts

SAMPE Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 30-37

  Verpoest, I ^a   Lomov, S ^a   Swolfs, Y ^a   Jacquet, P ^b   Michaud, V ^b   Manson, J A ^b   Hobdell, J ^c   Hine, P ^d   Marquette, P ^e   Herten, H ^f   Vasiliadis, H ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c Huntsman Polyurethanes Belgium   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e ESI France   (France)

^f VOLKSWAGEN AG   (Germany)

^g Bax Willems Consulting Venturing   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON FIBERS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; LIFE CYCLE; PLASTICS APPLICATIONS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; THERMOSETS;

AUTOMOTIVE REQUIREMENTS; CARBON FIBRE REINFORCED PLASTIC (CFRP); HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPOSITES; INNOVATIVE MATERIALS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; SELF-REINFORCED POLYMERS; STRUCTURAL COMPOSITES;

FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS;

EID: 84915740266     PISSN: 00911062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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