Suppression of fatigue crack growth in carbon nanotube composites

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Zhang, W ^a   Picu, R C ^a   Koratkar, N ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK TIPS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS;

CATASTROPHIC FAILURE; EPOXY SYSTEM; FATIGUE FAILURE; FRACTOGRAPHY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL POLYMERS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 36049002898     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2809457     Document Type: Article

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