Mechanical properties and fracture surface morphologies in unnotched specimens of rubber-PMMA composites

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 601-606

  Gong, Shiyun ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Sri ^b  

^a HARBIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blends; Electron microscopy; Fractography; Fracture toughness; Mechanical properties; Rubber PMMA composites

Indexed keywords

DUCTILE FAILURE; HACKLE-LIKE TEXTURES; MODULUS OF TOUGHNESS; RUBBER COMPOSITES;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 34548491414     PISSN: 10599495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11665-007-9042-2     Document Type: Article

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