Self-Healing of Ionomeric Polymers with Carbon Fibers from Medium-Velocity Impact and Resistive Heating

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="271546.fig.003a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/smr/volume-2013/271546/figures/271546.fig.003a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Medium-velocity impact experimental setup</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="271546.fig.003b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/smr/volume-2013/271546/figures/271546.fig.003b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Sample holder</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="271546.fig.003c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/smr/volume-2013/271546/figures/271546.fig.003c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Impact velocity 145–221 m/s</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><img alt="271546.fig.003d" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/smr/volume-2013/271546/figures/271546.fig.003d.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(d) </b>Impact velocity &gt; 221 m/s</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="e"><td><img alt="271546.fig.003e" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/smr/volume-2013/271546/figures/271546.fig.003e.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(e) </b>Impact velocity &gt; 221 m/s</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Experimental setup for medium-velocity impact experiments, samples after impact.</table>

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Figure 3: Self-Healing of Ionomeric Polymers with Carbon Fibers from Medium-Velocity Impact and Resistive Heating 