Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of Laminated Woven Composites Reinforced with Aligned Nanoscale Fibers: Mechanisms at the Macro, Micro, and Nano Scales

Several hybrid architectures with aligned nanoscale fibers have been shown to provide inter- and intra-laminar reinforcement of fiber reinforced polymer composites. In one architecture, aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) grown on advanced fibers in a woven ply creates a ‘fuzzy fiber’ reinforced plastic...

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Main Authors: Wicks, Sunny S., Wardle, Brian L.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/97164
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3530-5819