Mechanical and fracture properties of ternary PE/PA6/GF composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 734-742

  Malchev, Plamen G ^a,b   de Vos, Gerard ^a   Picken, Stephen J ^a,b   Gotsis, Alexandros D ^b,c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DUTCH POLYMER INSTITUTE DPI   (Netherlands)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

A. Hybrid composites; B. Fracture; C. Stress transfer; D. Fractography; E. Annealing; Short fiber reinforced thermoplastic blends

Indexed keywords

A. HYBRID COMPOSITES; C. STRESS TRANSFER; D. FRACTOGRAPHY; HYBRID COMPOSITES; SHORT FIBER; STRESS TRANSFER;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIBERS; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GLASS FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERIC GLASS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOPLASTICS;

TEXTILE BLENDS;

COMPOSITE PROPERTY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FRACTURE; GLASS FIBER; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; POLYAMIDE FIBER; POLYETHYLENE FIBER; POLYMER BLEND; STRENGTH; TENSILE PROPERTY; TOUGHNESS;

EID: 77950534822     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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