Dynamic compressive response and failure behavior of fiber polymer composites embedded with tetra-needle-like ZnO nanowhiskers

Composite Structures

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2984-2991

  Cao, Mao Sheng ^a   Song, Wei Li ^a   Zhou, Wei ^a,b   Wang, Da Wei ^a   Rong, Ji Li ^a   Yuan, Jie ^c   Agathopoulos, Simeon ^d  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HEBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MINZU UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Composites; Dynamic compressive response; Failure behavior; ZnO nanowhiskers

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES; COMPRESSIVE RESPONSE; EFFECTIVE DISPERSION; FAILURE BEHAVIORS; HIGH STRENGTH; IN-PLANE DIRECTION; MICRO-FRACTURE; NEEDLE-LIKE; POLYMER COMPOSITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; STRESS TRANSFER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; ZNO; ZNO NANOWHISKERS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; GLASS FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOWHISKERS; NEEDLES; RESINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

STRAIN RATE;

COMPOSITES; COMPRESSION STRENGTH; CRYSTALS; FAILURE; GLASS FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NEEDLES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRAINS; STRESSES; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; ZINC OXIDE;

COMPOSITE PROPERTY; COMPRESSIVE PROPERTY; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FRACTURE; GLASS FIBER; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; POLYMER; STRAIN; STRESS; WHISKER;

EID: 77954145839     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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