Mechanical properties in glass fiber PVC-foam sandwich structures from different chopped fiber interfacial reinforcement through vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) processing

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 144, Issue , 2017, Pages 202-207

  Chen, Qihui ^a   Linghu, Ting ^a   Gao, Yingju ^a   Wang, Zhi ^a   Liu, Yaqing ^a   Du, Ruikui ^a   Zhao, Guizhe ^a  

^a NORTH UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Chopped fiber; Fiber bridging; Mechanical property; Sandwich structures; Wettability

Indexed keywords

ARAMID FIBERS; BENDING (FORMING); BENDING STRENGTH; CARBON; CARBON FIBERS; FIBER BONDING; FIBERS; FOAMS; GLASS; GLASS BONDING; GLASS FIBERS; IMPACT STRENGTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANISMS; MOLDING; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; REINFORCEMENT; RESINS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VACUUM APPLICATIONS; WETTING;

COMPOSITE FACES; FIBER BRIDGING; INTERFACIAL BONDING; INTERFACIAL CRACKS; INTERFACIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRENGTHENING MECHANISMS; THREE POINT BENDING; VACUUM ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

EID: 85016075414     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2017.03.033     Document Type: Article

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