Role of intrinsic flaws upon flexural behaviour of a thermoplastic modified epoxy resin

Polymer Testing

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 429-437

  Giannotti, M I ^a   Galante, M J ^a   Oyanguren, P A ^a   Vallo, C I ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Epoxy resins; Flexural strength; Polysulphone; Thermoplastic modified epoxy resins; Weibull statistics

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; DEFECTS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LOADS (FORCES); MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOPLASTICS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

TRANSMISSION OPTICAL MICROSCOPY (TOM);

EPOXY RESINS;

EID: 0037409483     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9418(02)00124-1     Document Type: Article

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