On the mechanism of failure in microcomposites consisting of single glass fibres in a thermoplastic matrix

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 937-943

  Pisanova, Elena V ^a   Zhandarov, Serge F ^b  

^a BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF TRANSPORT   (Belarus)

^b VA Belyi Metal Polymer Research Institute of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Adhesion; E glass fibres; Failure modes; Load transfer models; Thermoplastic matrices

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DEFORMATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOPLASTICS;

FRAGMENTATION TESTING; KELLY FORMULA; PULL OUT TESTS; THREE FIBER TESTS;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

COMPOSITES, GLASS-FIBRE-REINFORCED; FIBRE/MATRIX ADHESION; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 0031202345     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(97)00022-5     Document Type: Article

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