The effect of temperature and strain rate on the deformation behaviour, structure development and properties of biaxially stretched PET-clay nanocomposites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 758-764

  Shen, Yucai ^a   Harkin Jones, Eileen ^a   Hornsby, Peter ^a   McNally, Tony ^a   Abu Zurayk, Rund ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. Nanoclays; A. Nanocomposites; B. Mechanical properties; D. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Indexed keywords

A. NANOCOMPOSITES; ADIABATIC HEATING; B. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; BARRIER PROPERTIES; BIAXIAL STRETCHING; CLAY EXFOLIATION; CLAY MATERIALS; CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES; D. TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM); DEFORMATION BEHAVIOUR; DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; FORMING FORCES; HALPIN-TSAI MODEL; NANO CLAYS; OPERATING WINDOWS; PARTICLE MODULUS; PROCESSABILITY; STRETCHING FORCE; STRETCHING TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; TENSILE MODULI;

DEFORMATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLASTICITY; STRAIN HARDENING; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 79952450494     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.01.024     Document Type: Article

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