Mode I and mode II fracture toughness of E-glass non-crimp fabric/carbon nanotube (CNT) modified polymer based composites

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 5151-5162

  Tugrul Seyhan, A ^a   Tanoglu, Metin ^a   Schulte, Karl ^b  

^a IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Delamination; Polymer matrix composites; Toughness testing

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; AMINES; CARBON; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON NANOTUBES; FRACTURE; GLASS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERIC GLASS; POLYMERS; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING; RESINS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

COMPOSITE LAMINATES; COMPOSITE MICROSTRUCTURES; E-GLASS; FRACTURE SURFACES; FUNCTIONALIZED; HIGHER MODES; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESSES; INTERLAMINAR SHEAR STRENGTHS; MATRIX RESINS; MODE II; MODE II FRACTURE TOUGHNESSES; MODIFIED POLYMERS; MULTI WALLED; ROLL MILLINGS; VACUUM ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDINGS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 54949140320     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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