On nanocomposite toughness
On nanocomposite toughness
- Compos Sci Technol, DOI:10.1016/, 2007 .
The structural toughness arising from conventional energy dissipation mechanisms has the potential to be much more significant in nanocomposites than in composites containing conventional micron-size fibers. This is illustrated and discussed here using nanotube pull-out as an example of such dissipation. While somewhat challenging conventional scaling arguments, this appears to concur with current experimental observations.
A. NANOSTRUCTURES
B. FIBER/MATRIX BOND
B. FRACTURE TOUGHNESS
B. INTERFACE
The structural toughness arising from conventional energy dissipation mechanisms has the potential to be much more significant in nanocomposites than in composites containing conventional micron-size fibers. This is illustrated and discussed here using nanotube pull-out as an example of such dissipation. While somewhat challenging conventional scaling arguments, this appears to concur with current experimental observations.
A. NANOSTRUCTURES
B. FIBER/MATRIX BOND
B. FRACTURE TOUGHNESS
B. INTERFACE