Effects of loading rate on fracture behavior and mechanism of thermoset epoxy resin

Polymer Testing

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 886-892

  Kanchanomai, C ^a   Rattananon, S ^a   Soni, M ^b  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Thai Epoxy and Allied Products Company Ltd   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Critical strain energy release rate; Critical stress intensity factor; Epoxy resin; Fracture toughness; Loading rate

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LOADING; STRAIN; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; THERMOSETS;

CRACK BLUNTING; CRITICAL STRAIN ENERGY; LOADING RATE;

EPOXY RESINS;

EID: 25844465748     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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