Impact and damage resistance studies on thermoplastic reinforced composites

• Main Author: Muhammad Shah Abdullah
• Other Authors: Sunil Chandrakant Joshi
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Engineering::Manufacturing::Polymers and plastics; Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/150494
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Composites are a well-known material and are widely used in the industries because of their desirable strength to weight ratio. However, there were two major concerns impact and damage tolerance. These could significantly diminish the strength of composites, without being visually detectable. Nowada...