Fracture toughness of polypropylene-based particulate composites

Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2046-2094

  Arencón, David ^a   Velasco, José Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Composites; Fracture toughness; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION FIELDS; CHEMICAL NATURE; DEFORMATION AND FRACTURE; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR; PARTICULATE COMPOSITES; RIGID PARTICLES; THERMOPLASTIC MATRICES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; POLYPROPYLENES;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 79960892017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma2042046     Document Type: Review

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