Shaped ductile fibers to improve the toughness of epoxy-matrix composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 517-530

  Wetherhold, Robert C ^a   Lee, Foo Kwong ^a  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridging; Fracture toughness; Shaped ductile fibers; Single fiber pull out test

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DUCTILITY; EPOXY RESINS; FIBERS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; NICKEL; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; YIELD STRESS;

EPOXY MATRIX COMPOSITES; PULL OUT TESTS;

NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EPOXY RESIN; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; PULL-OUT; TESTING;

EID: 0035272285     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(00)00217-7     Document Type: Article

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