Mode-I interlaminar fracture behaviour of nanoparticle modified epoxy/basalt fibre-reinforced laminates

Polymer Testing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 402-412

  Bashar, Mohammad T ^a   Sundararaj, Uttandaraman ^b   Mertiny, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Damage mechanics; Fiber composites; Fibre volume fraction; Filament winding; Interlaminar fracture; Nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE DELAMINATION; DAMAGE MECHANICS; DELAMINATION FRACTURE; EPOXY NANOCOMPOSITES; FIBER COMPOSITE; FIBRE VOLUME FRACTION; FILAMENT-WOUND; FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR; INTERFACIAL FAILURES; INTERLAMINAR CRACKS; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE; INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATRIX CRACKING; MATRIX DEFORMATION; MODIFIED EPOXY; NANO CLAYS; NANO-REINFORCEMENTS; RESIN CONTENT; STRESS FIELD;

CRACK PROPAGATION; FILAMENT WINDING; FRACTURE; FRACTURE ENERGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; REINFORCEMENT;

FIBERS;

EID: 84872720003     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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