Fracture mechanisms and fracture toughness in semicrystalline polymer nanocomposites

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1054-1078

  Cotterell, B ^a   Chia, J Y H ^a   Hbaieb, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Nanoclay particles; Nanocomposites; Semicrystalline polymers; Spherical particles; Toughness

Indexed keywords

EMBRITTLEMENT; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

NANOCLAY PARTICLES; SEMICRYSTALLINE POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES; SPHERICAL PARTICLES;

POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EMBRITTLEMENT; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 33847023032     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.12.023     Document Type: Article

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