Axial fatigue behaviour of polyamide-6 and polyamide-6 nanocomposites at room temperature

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 15-16, 2008, Pages 3401-3405

  Ramkumar, A ^a   Gnanamoorthy, R ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

A. Nanocomposites; B. Polyamide matrix; C. Fatigue; D. Modulus drop

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; DROPS; MACHINE DESIGN; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERS;

A. NANOCOMPOSITES; B. POLYAMIDE MATRIX; C. FATIGUE; CYCLIC LOADINGS; CYCLIC STRAINS; D. MODULUS DROP; DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS; FATIGUE BEHAVIOURS; FATIGUE MECHANISMS; HIGH STRESSES; MODULUS DROPS; NANOCLAY; NANOCLAY ADDITIONS; NANOCOMPOSITE SAMPLES; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PRISTINE POLYMERS; ROOM TEMPERATURES; STRESS LEVELS; STRESS STRAINS; TEMPERATURE RISES; TEST MATERIALS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

FATIGUE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FRACTURE; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYAMIDE FIBER; STRAIN; STRESS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 55649093377     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.09.027     Document Type: Article

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