Improvement of fatigue life by incorporation of nanoparticles in glass fibre reinforced epoxy

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1419-1424

  Böger, Lars ^a   Sumfleth, Jan ^a   Hedemann, Hannes ^a   Schulte, Karl ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Glass fibres; A. Nano structures; A. Smart materials; B. Fatigue

Indexed keywords

B. FATIGUE; CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; DAMAGE STATE; DYNAMIC FATIGUE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FATIGUE BEHAVIOUR; FATIGUE LIFE; FATIGUE PROPERTIES; FINAL FAILURES; FRACTURE STRENGTHS; FUMED SILICAS; GLASS FIBRES; HIGH CYCLE FATIGUE; IN-SITU; LOAD CYCLE; MATRIX; MATRIX CRACK; MATRIX CRACKING; MODIFIED COMPOSITES; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SELF-SENSING; SMART MATERIALS;

CRACKS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FATIGUE TESTING; FIBERS; FRACTURE; GLASS FIBERS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOPARTICLES; SILICA; TENSILE STRENGTH;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 78049429432     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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