Essential work of fracture and failure mechanisms of polypropylene-clay nanocomposites

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 73, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 2360-2374

  Bureau, Martin N ^a   Ton That, Minh Tan ^a   Perrin Sarazin, Florence ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Essential work of fracture; Fractography; Microstructure; Polypropylene nanocomposites; Toughness

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COALESCENCE; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYPROPYLENES; STRESSES; TENSILE TESTING; TOUGHNESS;

ESSENTIAL WORK; FAILURE MECHANISMS; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES (PNCS);

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

CLAY; COALESCENCE; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYPROPYLENES; STRESSES; TENSILE TESTING; TOUGHNESS;

EID: 33747168471     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.04.012     Document Type: Article

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