Fatigue crack growth behavior of silica particulate reinforced epoxy resin composite

Effect of adhesive quantity on failure behavior and mechanical properties of fiber metal laminates based on the aluminum–lithium alloy

“…4. A crack with the length of 1 mm was prefabricated using DK-decreasing method [19,20]. Then the crack propagated under the constant stress (S m = 120 MPa), which was recorded using a digital camera system.…”

Mechanical properties of epoxy composites reinforced with a low volume fraction of nanosilica fillers

“…Most of the research on silica/epoxy composites has concentrated on studying the effects of particle size and volume fraction, mostly high particle loadings (i.e., V F > 10%), on the mechanical properties [6,19,25]. Not a lot of attention has been paid to studying the mechanical response of silica/epoxy composites in the limit of a low volume fraction of silica fillers.…”

The effect of silica microparticles and maleic anhydride on the physic-mechanical properties of epoxy matrix phase

“…On the other hand, epoxy resin is rather brittle and has poor fracture toughness. For this reason, the addition of fibres/ particles into thermoset polymer can be used to enhance strength and toughness for several structural applications [4]. Silica, alumina, and glass particles have been used as filler to reinforce polymeric composites.…”