Ductile reinforcements for enhancing fracture resistance in composite materials

Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 83-91

  Wetherhold, Robert C ^a   Bos J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUCTILITY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; GRAPHITE FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PLASTIC DEFORMATION; TOUGHENING;

SHORT FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

COMPOSITE; DUCTILE FRACTURE; FIBER-REINFORCED MATERIAL; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FIBER-MATRIX INTERFACE; INDUSTRIAL TEXTILE; PLASTIC; REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 0343239036     PISSN: 01678442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8442(00)00003-3     Document Type: Article

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