Preface |
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Notation |
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1 Introduction to short fibre-reinforced polymer composites |
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1 | (8) |
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1 | (1) |
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1.2 Mechanical and physical properties |
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1 | (4) |
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1.3 Organisation of the book |
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5 | (1) |
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6 | (3) |
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2 Extrusion compounding and injection moulding |
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9 | (24) |
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9 | (1) |
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2.2 Extrusion compounding |
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10 | (9) |
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19 | (10) |
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29 | (4) |
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3 Major factors affecting the performance of short fibre-reinforced polymers |
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33 | (34) |
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33 | (1) |
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3.2 Modified rule of mixtures |
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33 | (1) |
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34 | (3) |
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37 | (2) |
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3.5 Interface and interphase |
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39 | (1) |
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40 | (8) |
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48 | (11) |
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3.8 Fibre volume fraction |
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59 | (3) |
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62 | (5) |
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4 Stress transfer in short fibre-reinforced polymers |
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67 | (24) |
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67 | (3) |
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70 | (3) |
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73 | (2) |
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4.4 Local stress distribution |
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75 | (3) |
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4.5 Influence of an interphase on stress distribution |
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78 | (2) |
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4.6 Finite element analysis |
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80 | (7) |
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87 | (4) |
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5 Strength of short fibre-reinforced polymers |
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91 | (48) |
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91 | (1) |
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5.2 Longitudinal strength of unidirectionally aligned short fibre-reinforced polymers |
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92 | (6) |
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5.3 Strength of partially aligned short fibre-reinforced polymers |
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98 | (17) |
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5.4 Anisotropy of tensile strength of short fibre-reinforced polymer composites |
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115 | (11) |
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5.5 Strength of randomly aligned short fibre-reinforced polymers |
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126 | (4) |
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5.6 Strength of hybrid short fibre-reinforced polymer composites |
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130 | (3) |
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133 | (6) |
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6 Elastic modulus of short fibre-reinforced polymers |
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139 | (50) |
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139 | (1) |
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6.2 Elastic modulus of unidirectional short fibre-reinforced polymer composites |
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139 | (16) |
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6.3 Elastic modulus of partially aligned short fibre-reinforced composites |
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155 | (10) |
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6.4 Anisotropy of the modulus of short fibre-reinforced polymer composites |
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165 | (6) |
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6.5 Random short fibre-reinforced polymer composites |
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171 | (2) |
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6.6 Hybrid short fibre-reinforced polymer composites |
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173 | (4) |
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177 | (7) |
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6.8 Effect of interphase properties on the composite modulus |
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184 | (1) |
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184 | (5) |
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7 Flexural modulus of short fibre-reinforced polymers |
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189 | (24) |
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189 | (1) |
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7.2 Flexural modulus of unidirectional short fibre-reinforced polymer composite |
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190 | (5) |
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7.3 Short fibre-reinforced polymer composite with a uniform fibre orientation distribution |
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195 | (2) |
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7.4 Short fibre-reinforced polymer composite with a continuous fibre orientation distribution |
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197 | (3) |
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7.5 Short fibre-reinforced polymer composite with a layered structure |
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200 | (8) |
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7.6 Hybrid short fibre-reinforced polymer composite |
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208 | (2) |
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210 | (3) |
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8 Thermal conductivity and expansion of short fibre-reinforced polymer composites |
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213 | (28) |
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213 | (1) |
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213 | (16) |
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229 | (9) |
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238 | (3) |
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9 Electrical conductivity of short fibre-reinforced polymers |
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241 | (30) |
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241 | (1) |
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9.2 Percolation threshold of short fibre-reinforced polymer composites |
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242 | (8) |
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9.3 Effects of short-fibre content and aspect ratio on electrical conductivity |
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250 | (8) |
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9.4 Electrical conductivity anisotropy of short fibre-reinforced polymer composites |
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258 | (3) |
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9.5 Electrical conductivity of hybrid composites |
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261 | (5) |
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266 | (5) |
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10 Nonlinear stress--strain behaviour |
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271 | (30) |
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271 | (2) |
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10.2 Macroscopic stress--strain relationship |
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273 | (13) |
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10.3 Damping behaviour by interface non-elasticity |
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286 | (6) |
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10.4 Relaxation effects caused by viscoelastic matrix behaviour |
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292 | (5) |
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297 | (4) |
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301 | (110) |
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301 | (2) |
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11.2 Basic concepts for homogeneous materials |
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303 | (12) |
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11.3 Application of fracture mechanics to fibre-reinforced composites |
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315 | (17) |
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11.4 Mechanisms of fracture toughness and energy dissipation |
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332 | (8) |
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11.5 Work of fracture of notched specimens |
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340 | (12) |
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11.6 Work of fracture of unnotched specimens |
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352 | (2) |
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11.7 Discussion on the work of fracture and its dependence on loading rate, volume fraction and interface guality |
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354 | (6) |
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11.8 Discussion of experimental and modelling results for short glass fibre-reinforced polyethylene |
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360 | (5) |
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11.9 The influence of fibre orientation, length and shape on the work of fracture |
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365 | (13) |
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378 | (16) |
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11.11 Relation between fracture toughness and the work of fracture |
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394 | (4) |
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11.12 Essential work of fracture criterion |
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398 | (4) |
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402 | (9) |
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12 Creep and fatigue of short fibre composites |
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411 | (26) |
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411 | (1) |
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12.2 Effect of temperature on stress-strain curve |
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412 | (4) |
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416 | (2) |
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418 | (16) |
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434 | (3) |
Index |
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