Fracture toughness of exponential layer-by-layer polyurethane/poly(acrylic acid) nanocomposite films

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 77, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 3227-3245

  Kheng, E ^a   Iyer, H R ^a   Podsiadlo, P ^a,b   Kaushik, A K ^a   Kotov, N A ^a   Arruda, E M ^a   Waas, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Finite strain; Fracture toughness; Nanocomposite; Thin film

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACIDS; APPLIED LOADING; BASE POLYMERS; DISCRETE COHESIVE ZONE MODELS; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE STRAIN; FRACTURE BEHAVIOR; FULL-FIELD; LAYER-BY-LAYERS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILM; POLY(ACRYLIC ACID ); R-CURVES; STRAIN MAPS; TIME HISTORY; TRACTION LAW;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FRACTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYMER FILMS; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 77957814260     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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