An assessment of mechanical behavior and fractography study of glass/epoxy composites at different temperatures and loading speeds

Materials and Design

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 160-165

  Sethi, Sanghamitra ^a   Ray, Bankim Chandra ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE MECHANICS; GLASS; SHEAR STRENGTH;

FIBER PULL OUT; GLASS/EPOXY COMPOSITE; INTERFACIAL FAILURES; INTERLAMINAR SHEAR STRENGTH; LOADING SPEED; LOCALIZED PLASTIC DEFORMATION; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; PREPREG COMPOSITE;

FAILURE (MECHANICAL);

EID: 84908137550     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2014.07.017     Document Type: Article

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