On the experimental and numerical investigation of clay/epoxy nanocomposites

Composite Structures

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3142-3148

  Silani, M ^a   Ziaei Rad, S ^a   Esfahanian, M ^a   Tan, V B C ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Clay epoxy nanocomposite; Experimental investigation; Fracture mechanics

Indexed keywords

CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES; CRACK INITIATION AND PROPAGATION; DAMAGE PARAMETER; DOGBONE; ELASTICITY MODULI; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PROPAGATION PATHS; WEIGHT RATIOS;

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LOADING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL METHODS; UNLOADING;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84863108101     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2012.04.033     Document Type: Article

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