Dramatic increase in fatigue life in hierarchical graphene composites

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2738-2743

  Yavari, F ^a,b   Rafiee, M A ^a,b   Rafiee, J ^a,b   Yu, Z Z ^a,b   Koratkar, N ^a,b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; fatigue life; graphene; hierarchical nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

BENDING MODES; CYCLIC FATIGUE TESTS; FATIGUE LIFE; FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE; GLASS MICROFIBERS; GRAPHENE PLATELETS; GRAPHENES; HIERARCHICAL MATERIALS; HIERARCHICAL NANOCOMPOSITES; IN-SITU; MATRIX INTERFACES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; WEIGHT FRACTIONS; WIND ENERGY INDUSTRY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CARBON NANOTUBES; EPOXY RESINS; FATIGUE TESTING; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; GLASS; GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITES; SYNTHETIC RESINS; WIND POWER;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

FATIGUE; FATIGUE TESTERS; GLASS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; POLYEPOXIDES; REINFORCED PLASTIC; SAFETY; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; WIND;

EPOXY RESIN; GRAPHITE;

CHEMISTRY; LETTER; MECHANICAL STRESS;

EPOXY RESINS; GRAPHITE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 78650523577     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am100728r     Document Type: Article

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