Investigating mechanical behaviors of silica nanoparticle reinforced composites

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 505-524

  Tsai, Jia Lin ^a   Hsiao, Hung ^a   Cheng, Yi Lieh ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Fracture toughness; In plane shear strength; Silica nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

BENDING SPECIMENS; BRITTLE MATRICES; COMPOSITE SAMPLES; COMPRESSION TESTS; DUCTILE MATRIX; EPOXY MATRICES; EPOXY-BASED NANOCOMPOSITES; FRACTURE TEST; GLASS/EPOXY; HAND LAY-UP; IN-PLANE SHEAR STRENGTH; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MICROMECHANICAL MODEL; MODEL PREDICTION; MORI-TANAKA; PARTICLE LOADING; REINFORCED COMPOSITES; SILICA NANOCOMPOSITES; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SILICA PARTICLES; SOL-GEL TECHNIQUE; SPHERICAL NANOPARTICLES; TENSILE TESTS;

BENDING TESTS; COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TESTING; GLASS FIBERS; INCLUSIONS; LOADING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; SHEAR STRENGTH; SILICA; TENSILE TESTING;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 76549120476     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998309346138     Document Type: Article

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