Characterization of transverse tensile, interlaminar shear and interlaminate fracture in CF/EP laminates with 10 wt% and 20 wt% silica nanoparticles in matrix resins

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1943-1950

  Tang, Youhong ^a   Ye, Lin ^a   Zhang, Donghai ^a,b   Deng, Shiqiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

A. Carbon fibre; A. Laminates; B. Fracture toughness; D. Fractography

Indexed keywords

A. CARBON FIBRE; A. LAMINATES; B. FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; COMPETING MECHANISMS; D. FRACTOGRAPHY; EPOXY LAMINATES; FRACTOGRAPHIC; INTERFACIAL FAILURES; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INTERLAMINAR SHEAR; INTERLAMINAR SHEAR STRENGTH; MATRIX; MATRIX FAILURE; MATRIX MICRO-CRACKS; MATRIX RESIN; MODE II; NANO-SILICA; SHEAR FAILURE; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; TRANSVERSE TENSILE;

CARBON FIBERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRACK TIPS; EPOXY RESINS; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; NANOPARTICLES; RESINS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SILICA; TENSILE STRENGTH;

LAMINATES;

EID: 80055082800     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2011.08.019     Document Type: Article

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