Fracture behavior of nanotube-polymer composites: Insights on surface roughness and failure mechanism

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 87, Issue , 2013, Pages 157-163

  Shtein, Michael ^a   Nadiv, Roey ^a   Lachman, Noa ^b   Daniel Wagner, H ^b   Regev, Oren ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

A. Carbon nanotubes; A. Nanocomposites; B. Fracture toughness; C. Failure criterion; Fractured surface roughness

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; FAILURE CRITERIA; FRACTURE MECHANISMS; FRACTURED SURFACES; HIGHLY BRANCHED POLYMERS; NANOTUBE CONCENTRATION; QUANTITATIVE CORRELATION; TOUGHNESS ENHANCEMENT;

CARBON NANOTUBES; EPOXY RESINS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LOADING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

FAILURE (MECHANICAL);

EID: 84883530588     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2013.07.016     Document Type: Article

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