Fracture and failure behavior of fabric-reinforced all-poly(propylene) composite (Curv®)

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 90-96

  Romhány, Gábor ^a   Bárány, Tamás ^a   Czigány, Tibor ^a   Karger Kocsis, József ^b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUT FÜR VERBUNDWERKSTOFFE GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Failure; Fracture; Homocomposites; Poly(propylene) (PP)

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

FORCE-DISPLACEMENT CURVE; RESISTANCE CURVE;

POLYPROPYLENES;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; POLYPROPYLENES;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; CRACKING; DAMAGE; ELASTICITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FRACTURE; LOADING (TESTING); MECHANICS; POLYPROPYLENE FABRIC; TEMPERATURE; TOUGHNESS;

EID: 33947679850     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: 10991581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.806     Document Type: Article

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