Mixed mode brittle fracture in epoxy/multi-walled carbon nanotube nanocomposites

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 78, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2620-2632

  Ayatollahi, M R ^a   Shadlou, S ^a   Shokrieh, M M ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Epoxy resin; Mixed mode fracture; MWNT; Nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT MODES; FRACTURE BEHAVIOR; FRACTURE MECHANISMS; FRACTURE SURFACES; FRACTURE TEST; MIXED MODE; MIXED MODE FRACTURE; MODE I FRACTURE; MODE II; MODE MIXITY; MWNT; TEST SPECIMENS;

EPOXY RESINS; FRACTURE TESTING; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES;

BRITTLE FRACTURE;

EID: 80051601684     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2011.06.021     Document Type: Article

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