Post-yield fracture behaviour of PA-6/LDPE-g-MA/nanoclay ternary nanocomposites: Semiductile-to-ductile transition

Journal of Polymer Research

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Dayma, Naresh ^a   Jaggi, Harjeet S ^a   Satapathy, Bhabani K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Deformation; Fracture; Microstructure; Polymer; Toughness

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYMERS; TOUGHNESS;

COMPOSITION RANGES; ENHANCED DUCTILITY; ESSENTIAL WORK OF FRACTURE; FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR; FRACTURE PARAMETER; FRACTURE SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; NANOCLAY LOADINGS; TERNARY NANOCOMPOSITES;

DUCTILE FRACTURE;

EID: 84869886138     PISSN: 10229760     EISSN: 15728935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10965-012-0038-8     Document Type: Article

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