The concept of materials brittleness and its applications

Polymer Bulletin

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1697-1707

  Brostow, Witold ^a   Lobland, Haley E Hagg ^a   Narkis, Moshe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brittleness; Composites; Impact strength; Mechanics; Tribology

Indexed keywords

MULTILAYER COMPOSITE MATERIALS; MULTIPLE AREAS; OTHER APPLICATIONS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; IMPACT STRENGTH; MECHANICS; PLASTICITY; PRODUCT DESIGN; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TRIBOLOGY;

BRITTLENESS;

EID: 84855711137     PISSN: 01700839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-011-0573-1     Document Type: Review

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