Strain and damage monitoring in carbon-nanotube-based composite under cyclic strain

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 71, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-16

  Vertuccio, Luigi ^a   Vittoria, Vittoria ^a,b   Guadagno, Liberata ^a   De Santis, Felice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b IMAST Scarl Technol Dist on Engineering of Polymeric and Composite Materials and Structures   (Italy)

Author keywords

A. Smart materials; A. Thermosetting resin; B. Electrical properties; D. Mechanical testing

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FATIGUE DAMAGE; FATIGUE TESTING; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL TESTING; RESINS; SOLVENTS; YARN;

DAMAGE MONITORING; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; ELECTRICAL PERCOLATION THRESHOLD; NANOTUBE-BASED COMPOSITES; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR; RESIDUAL RESISTIVITY; SENSOR SENSITIVITY; STRAIN SENSITIVITY;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84921341423     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2015.01.001     Document Type: Article

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