The mechanical behavior of poly(lactic acid) unreinforced and nanocomposite films subjected to monotonic and fatigue loading conditions

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 45, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 2717-2726

  Averett, Rodney D ^a   Realff, Mary L ^b   Jacob, Karl ^b   Cakmak, Mukerrem ^c   Yalcin, Baris ^c  

^a Emory University   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

fatigue; Films; nanoclay; nanocomposite; poly(lactic acid)

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE; FATIGUE BEHAVIOR; FATIGUE LOADINGS; FATIGUE STRESS; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; NANO CLAYS; NANOCLAY PARTICLES; NUMBER OF CYCLES TO FAILURE; POLY(LACTIC ACID); POLYLACTIC ACIDS; S-N DATA; TIME TO FAILURE; TRANSMISSION EXPERIMENTS;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FILMS; LACTIC ACID; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 83455218373     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998311410464     Document Type: Article

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