Indirect Tensile Characterization of Graphite Platelet Reinforced Vinyl Ester Nanocomposites at High-Strain Rate
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50813#.VE2x0lfHRK0 Author(s) Brahmananda Pramanik 1 , P. Raju Mantena 2 , Tezeswi Tadepalli 3 , Arunachalam M. Rajendran 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of General Engineering, Montana Tech of the University of Montana, Butte, MT, USA . 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Mississippi, University, MS, USA . 3 Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, (NIT), Warangal, India . ABSTRACT An indirect tensile testing method is proposed for characterizing low strength graphite platelet reinforced vinyl ester nanocomposites at high-strain rate. In this technique, the traditional Brazilian disk (d...