The tensile fatigue behaviour of a silica nanoparticle-modified glass fibre reinforced epoxy composite

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 193-199

  Manjunatha, C M ^a   Taylor, A C ^a   Kinloch, A J ^a   Sprenger, S ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Nanoresins AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Nano composites; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Fatigue; B. Matrix cracking

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE LAMINATE; CRACK PROPAGATION RATE; FATIGUE BEHAVIOUR; FATIGUE LIFE; FATIGUE TESTS; GFRP COMPOSITES; GLASS FIBRE REINFORCED PLASTICS; GLASS FIBRES; MATRIX; MATRIX CRACKING; MODIFIED EPOXY; RESIN INFUSION UNDER FLEXIBLE TOOLINGS; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; STIFFNESS DEGRADATION; STRESS RATIO; THERMOSETTING EPOXY POLYMERS; WELL-DISPERSED;

CRACKING (CHEMICAL); EPOXY RESINS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; GLASS FIBERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PLASTIC LAMINATES; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; RESINS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SILICA; STIFFNESS MATRIX; THERMOSETS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

CRACKING; EPOXY RESIN; FATIGUE; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS FIBER; LAMINATE; NANOCOMPOSITE; STRESS; TENSILE PROPERTY; THERMOSETTING PROPERTY;

EID: 70450222690     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2009.10.012     Document Type: Article

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