Incipient heat damage in carbon fibre reinforced composites

• Main Author: Wong, Ledon Chien Hern.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Aeronautical engineering::Materials of construction; DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Composite materials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/53768
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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