Fracture toughness and failure mechanism of graphene based epoxy composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 90-99

  Chandrasekaran, Swetha ^a   Sato, Narumichi ^a,d   Tölle, Folke ^c   Mülhaupt, Rolf ^c   Fiedler, Bodo ^a   Schulte, Karl ^a,b  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d TORAY INDUSTRIES INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

A. Nano composites; B. Fracture; B. Fracture toughness; D. Fractography; D. Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAPHENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EFFECT OF ADDITION; INTERACTION OF CRACKS; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; SINGLE EDGE NOTCHES; THREE-POINT-BENDING TESTS; TOUGHENING EFFECTS; WEIGHT PERCENTAGES;

FILLERS;

EID: 84899805405     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2014.03.014     Document Type: Article

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