Effects of fillers on the fracture behaviour of particulate polyester composites

Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-78

  Wong, K J ^a   Yousif, B F ^b   Low, K O ^a   Ng, Y ^a   Tan, S L ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Fracture toughness; Polyester composites; Sand particles; Wood flakes

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE SURFACE; DAMAGE FEATURES; FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; LINEAR ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS; POLYESTER COMPOSITES; REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES; SAND PARTICLES; WOOD FLAKES;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SAND; TITRATION; WOOD;

PARTICLE REINFORCED COMPOSITES;

BRITTLENESS; COMPOSITES; FLAKES; FRACTURE; PARTICLES; POLYESTERS; SAND; TOUGHNESS; VOLUMETRY; WOOD;

EID: 74549217312     PISSN: 03093247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/03093247JSA553     Document Type: Article

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