Enhancement of fracture toughness of carbon fiber laminated composites using multi wall carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 413-423

  Mirjalili, Vahid ^a   Ramachandramoorthy, Rajaprakash ^a   Hubert, Pascal ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON FIBERS; FRACTURE; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LAMINATING; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); POLYMERS; RESINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YARN;

CARBON FIBER LAMINATE; CARBON FIBER LAMINATED COMPOSITE; FRACTURED SURFACES; MODE-II FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MODIFIED POLYMER; RESIN FILM INFUSION; THICKNESS DIRECTION; TOUGHENING AGENTS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 85027948121     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.07.084     Document Type: Article

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