Dynamic fracture behavior of syntactic epoxy foams: Optical measurements using coherent gradient sensing

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 353-369

  El Hadek, Medhat A ^a   Tippur, Hareesh V ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic fracture; Impact; Interferometry; Porosity; Syntactic foam

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FRACTURE; INTERFEROMETRY; POROSITY; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; VOLUME FRACTION;

SYNTACTIC EPOXY FOAMS;

FOAMS;

EID: 0038356899     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-8166(02)00095-7     Document Type: Article

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