In situ sensing of non-linear deformation and damage in epoxy particulate composites

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Vadlamani, Venkat K ^a   Chalivendra, Vijaya ^a   Shukla, Arun ^b   Yang, Sze ^c  

^a University of Massachusetts Dartmouth   (United States)

^b The University of Rhode Island   (United States)

^c University of Rhode Island   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SILICATES; AXIAL STRAIN; CENOSPHERES; COMPOSITE FAILURE; DAMAGE SENSING; EARLY WARNING; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; ELECTRICAL RESPONSE; ELECTROMECHANICAL MEASUREMENTS; ELECTROMECHANICAL RESPONSE; ELECTRON HOPPING; ENTANGLED POLYMERS; HOLLOW MICROSPHERE; IN-SITU; MATERIAL DEFORMATION; NONLINEAR DEFORMATIONS; PARTICULATE COMPOSITES; POLYMER CHAINS; QUASI-STATIC; RESISTANCE CHANGE; RUBBER COMPOSITE; SENSORY NETWORKS; TEST SPECIMENS; U-SHAPED; UNIAXIAL TENSILE LOADING; WEIGHT FRACTIONS;

ALUMINOSILICATES; BUTADIENE; RUBBER; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

DEFORMATION;

EID: 84863697816     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/21/7/075011     Document Type: Article

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