Fracture toughness of nano- and micro-spherical silica-particle-filled epoxy composites

Acta Materialia

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2101-2109

  Adachi, Tadaharu ^a   Osaki, Mayuka ^a   Araki, Wakako ^a   Kwon, Soon Chul ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fracture; Micromechanical modeling; Nanocomposite; Particulate reinforced composites; Polymer matrix composites

Indexed keywords

EPOXY RESINS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; SILICA; STRESS ANALYSIS; VOLUME FRACTION;

MICROMECHANICAL MODELING; PARTICULATE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; SPHERICAL SILICA PARTICLES;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 42749094868     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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