The effect of strain-rate on the tensile and compressive behavior of graphene reinforced epoxy/nanocomposites

Materials and Design

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 439-477

  Shadlou, Shahin ^a   Ahmadi Moghadam, Babak ^a   Taheri, Farid ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Graphene; Halpin Tsai model; Nanocomposite; Strain rate; Tensile

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITES; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

COMPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR; FRACTURE SURFACES; GRAPHENE NANOPLATELETS; HALPIN-TSAI MODEL; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MODIFICATION FACTORS; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; TENSILE;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 84897433317     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2014.03.020     Document Type: Article

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