Temperature dependence of fracture toughness of silica/epoxy composites: Related to microstructure of nano- and micro-particles packing

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 773-781

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

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A. Particle reinforcement; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Fracture toughness; Particle packing

Indexed keywords

EPOXY RESINS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; PHASE COMPOSITION;

EPOXY COMPOSITES; MICRO-PARTICLES PACKING; PARTICLE PACKING; PARTICLE REINFORCEMENT;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 43049113849     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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