Particle toughening of polymers by plastic void growth

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 885-891

  Williams, J G ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Particle re inforced composites; B. Debonding; B. Plastic deformation; C. Failure criterion

Indexed keywords

A. PARTICLE RE-INFORCED COMPOSITES; B. PLASTIC DEFORMATION; CONTROLLING PARAMETERS; FAILURE CRITERIA; LITERATURE DATA; MATRIX DUCTILITY; MATRIX TOUGHNESS; MICRON SCALE; PARTICLE DISPERSION; PARTICLE RADII; SMALL PARTICLES; SURFACE ENERGIES; THERMOSET RESIN; VOID GROWTH; WORK OF ADHESION;

DEBONDING; FILLED POLYMERS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; RESINS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; THERMOSETS;

PLASTICS;

ADHESION; DEBONDING; DEFORMATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATRIX; PARTICLE SIZE; REINFORCEMENT; THERMOSETTING POLYMER; TOUGHNESS;

EID: 77950959042     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2009.12.024     Document Type: Article

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