Determination of the effect of interphase on the fracture toughness and stiffness of a particulate polymer composite

Mechanics of Composite Materials

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 475-482

  Majer, Z ^a   Hutar P ^b   Nahlik L ^b  

^a BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF MATERIALS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

debonding; elastic properties; fracture mechanism; interphase; particulate composite

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FINITE-ELEMENT CODES; FRACTURE MECHANISMS; INTERPHASE; LINEAR ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PARTICULATE COMPOSITES; PARTICULATE POLYMER COMPOSITES;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; DEBONDING; FRACTURE MECHANICS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84890491859     PISSN: 01915665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11029-013-9364-0     Document Type: Article

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