Enhancing fracture toughness of glass/epoxy composites by using rubber particles together with silica nanoparticles

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 43, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 3107-3123

  Tsai, Jia Lin ^a   Huang, Bao Hung ^a   Cheng, Yi Lieh ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Composites; Double cantilever beam (DCB).; Fracture toughness; Silica nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITES; CORE-SHELL RUBBERS; DOUBLE CANTILEVER BEAM; EPOXY MATRICES; FIBER COMPOSITE; FRACTURE TEST; GLASS/EPOXY COMPOSITE; HYBRID NANOCOMPOSITES; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MODIFIED EPOXY; POLYMERIC RESIN; REACTIVE LIQUID RUBBER; RUBBER PARTICLES; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; TENSILE TESTS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CANTILEVER BEAMS; EPOXY RESINS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TESTING; NANOCANTILEVERS; NANOPARTICLES; PILE FOUNDATIONS; RESINS; RUBBER; SILICA; STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; TENSILE TESTING;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 70749111432     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998309345299     Document Type: Article

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