Creep behaviour of injection moulded polyamide 6/organoclay nanocomposites by nanoindentation and cantilever-bending

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-89

  Seltzer, Rocio ^a,b   Mai, Yiu Wing ^a   Frontini, Patricia M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b IMDEA MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Creep; D. Mechanical testing; Depth sensing indentation

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); B. CREEP; CONSTRAINT EFFECTS; CORE REGION; CREEP BEHAVIOUR; CREEP COMPLIANCE; D. MECHANICAL TESTING; DEPTH-SENSING INDENTATION; DEPTH-SENSING NANOINDENTATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HALPIN-TSAI EQUATIONS; INJECTION MOULDED SAMPLES; LOADING CONFIGURATION; MOLECULAR CHAINS; POLYAMIDE 6/ORGANOCLAY NANOCOMPOSITES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TIME-DEPENDENT; ZERO TIME;

CREEP; CREEP TESTING; GLASS TRANSITION; INJECTION MOLDING; NANOCANTILEVERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOINDENTATION; ORGANOCLAY; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

CREEP RESISTANCE;

EID: 80054992967     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2011.04.035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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