Test conditions effect on the fracture toughness of hollow glass micro-sphere filled composites

Strain

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-146

  Capela, C ^a   Costa, J D ^b   Ferreira, J A M ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Hollow glass micro spheres; Mechanical properties; Syntactic foams

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSPHERES; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; VOLUME FRACTION;

EPOXY-BASED COMPOSITES; FLEXURAL MODULUS; HOLLOW GLASS MICRO-SPHERE FILLED COMPOSITES; POLYESTER-BASED FOAMS;

GLASS FIBERS;

EID: 40749089954     PISSN: 00392103     EISSN: 14751305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1305.2007.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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