Insitu multiscale analysis of fracture mechanisms in nanocomposites

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1157-1163

  Boesl, Benjamin P ^a   Bourne, Gerald R ^b   Sankar, Bhavani V ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Particle reinforcement; B. Fracture toughness; C. FEA; Insitu testing

Indexed keywords

B. FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; C. FEA; CRACK PINNING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOUR-POINT BEND; FRACTURE MECHANISMS; IN-SITU; INSITU TESTING; MACRO SCALE; METAL OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; MICRO-SCALES; MULTI SCALE ANALYSIS; MULTI-SCALE APPROACHES; NOVEL TESTING; PARTICLE REINFORCEMENT; REINFORCED EPOXY; RESIN SAMPLES; SHEAR MIXING; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TESTING; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NANOCOMPOSITES; RESINS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 79956068894     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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