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  • Effect of Hygrothermal Aging on Mechanical and Electromagnetic Properties of Stealth Composites

  • Han-Jun Seo*, Geon-Gyu Lee*, Seung-Hyeon Kang*, Seong-Haeng Heo*, Young-Woo Nam*, **†

  • * Graduate School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Korea Aerospace University
    ** Department of Smart Drone Engineering, Korea Aerospace University

  • 고온 다습 가혹환경에 노출된 니켈 도금 유전손실 유리섬유/에폭시 스텔스 복합재료의 기계적/전자기 물성 거동 평가

  • 서한준* · 이건규* · 강승현* · 허성행* · 남영우*, **†

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Correspondence to

  • Young-Woo Nam

  • * Graduate School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Korea Aerospace University
    ** Department of Smart Drone Engineering, Korea Aerospace University

  • E-mail: ywnam@kau.ac.kr