Damage detection of rubber toughened nanocomposites in the fracture process zone using carbon nanotubes

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 96, Issue , 2012, Pages 380-391

  Cardoso, Shane M ^a   Chalivendra, Vijaya B ^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

Carbon nanotubes; CTBN; Damage detection; Electro mechanical response; Fracture mechanics

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYL-TERMINATED BUTADIENE ACRYLONITRILE COPOLYMERS; CRACK TIP OPENING DISPLACEMENT; CTBN; DAMAGE INITIATION; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL RESPONSE; ELECTROMECHANICAL RESPONSE; EPOXY MATRICES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FAR-FIELD; FOUR-POINT PROBE; FRACTURE PROCESS ZONE; FRACTURE TEST; HIGH RESOLUTION; NONLINEAR DEFORMATIONS; OPENING MODE FRACTURE; PARTICULATE COMPOSITES; PROCESS ZONE; RUBBER PARTICLES; RUBBER-TOUGHENED NANOCOMPOSITES; SENSORY NETWORKS; SINGLE-EDGE NOTCH; TENSILE LOADING CONDITION; THERMOSET EPOXY RESINS; VOID GROWTH; WEIGHT FRACTIONS;

BUTADIENE; CARBON NANOTUBES; DAMAGE DETECTION; EPOXY RESINS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TESTING; THERMOSETS;

RUBBER;

EID: 84869499233     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2012.08.012     Document Type: Article

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