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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Toughness improvement"”.
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Electroless Nickel Plating and Spark Plasma Sintering of nano ZrO2 for Mechanical Property Enhancement
… used to determine the feasibility of fracture toughness improvement of ZrO2. Nano-grained yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) particles of 100nm average diameter were coated with about 1-5 nm of nickel coating by ENP. To reduce nano particle agglomeration throughout the ENP process; vigorous …
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Highly Tough, Stiff, and Transparent Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) Composites Incorporating Thermoplastic Elastomer Nanofibrils
… that they must possess both high stiffness and toughness. These two properties, however, are mutually exclusive, meaning that enhancing one typically leads to a reduction in the other. For example, rigid, glassy polymers can be toughened by incorporating soft, rubbery materials, but the …
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Manufacturing and fracture of hierarchical composite materials enhanced with aligned carbon nanotubes
… through-thickness reinforcement; however, these improvements come with simultaneous reductions in in-plane properties. CNTs provide an alternative fiber reinforcement, though currently the literature reveals that laminate mechanical property enhancements are lower than expected. Investigations …