An experimental evaluation of glass-polymer interfacial toughness

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 76, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 2731-2747

  Caimmi, Francesco ^a   Pavan, Andrea ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glass polymer interface; Interfacial fracture; Mixed mode fracture; Polymer matrix composites

Indexed keywords

BI-MATERIAL; COHESIVE ELEMENT; CRACK LENGTH; E-GLASS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS PARAMETERS; FRACTURE PROCESS; GLASS FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMERS; INTERFACIAL FRACTURE; INTERFACIAL FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTERFACIAL TOUGHNESS; LINEAR ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS; MIXED MODE FRACTURE; MODE MIXITY; PHASE ANGLES; POLYMER INTERFACES; STABLE CRACK GROWTH; SURFACE FINISHING; TEST CONFIGURATIONS;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; DATA REDUCTION; EPOXY RESINS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GLASS FIBERS; MECHANICS; PHASE INTERFACES; POLYMERS; RESINS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 70449659515     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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