Synergistic effect of exfoliated graphite nanoplatelets and short glass fiber on the mechanical and interfacial properties of epoxy composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 98, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-21

  Pedrazzoli, Diego ^a,b   Pegoretti, Alessandro ^a   Kalaitzidou, Kyriaki ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Short fiber composites; B. Debonding; B. Interfacial strength; D. Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMA); D. Rheology

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; GLASS FIBERS; GRAPHITE; HYBRID MATERIALS; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; STRAIN RATE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOANALYSIS;

DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; EXFOLIATED GRAPHITE NANOPLATELETS; INTERFACIAL SHEAR STRENGTH; INTERFACIAL STRENGTH; MACROSCOPIC MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; QUASI-STATIC TENSILE TEST; SHORT FIBER COMPOSITES; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH;

GRAPHITE EPOXY COMPOSITES;

COATINGS; COMPOSITES; DEBONDING; FIBERS; GLASS; REINFORCEMENT; RHEOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84900820379     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2014.04.019     Document Type: Article

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