Mode I and mode II delamination properties of glass/vinyl-ester composite toughened by particulate modified interlayers

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1949-1964

  Stevanovic, D ^a   Kalyanasundaram, S ^b   Lowe, A ^d   Jar, P Y B ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

A. Glass fibres; B. Fracture toughness; D. Fractography; Interlayer toughening

Indexed keywords

DELAMINATION; ESTERS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLASS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DELAMINATION RESISTANCES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

DELAMINATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; STRENGTH;

EID: 0042424918     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(03)00162-3     Document Type: Article

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