Toughening by nanostructure

Toughening vinyl ester matrix composites by tailoring

The toughening of polyamide-6 by brominated poly(isobutylene-co-p- methylstyrene): fracture and toughening mechanisms

A study on the toughening of polyamide-6 (PA-6) with a new elastomeric modifier, brominated poly(isobutylene-co-p-methylstyrene) (BrXP-50), was conducted. Morphological analyses and mechanical tests were combined to evaluate the toughening mechanisms of modified PA-6 and the fracture mechanism of unmodified PA-6. We conclude that the fracture mechanism of unmodified PA-6 in the impact test is c...

Toughening of CAD/CAM all-ceramic crowns by staining slurry.

The ability of staining slurries containing silver and/or potassium compounds to enhance the mechanical properties of a leucite-reinforced glass ceramic (IPS Empress CAD) was investigated by measuring the Vickers hardness, median crack length, toughness, and compressive residual stress of specimens. A staining slurry containing potassium ions was found to increase the toughness of IPS specimens...

Molecular nanomechanics of nascent bone: fibrillar toughening by mineralization

Mineralized collagen fibrils are highly conserved nanostructural building blocks of bone. By a combination of molecular dynamics simulation and theoretical analysis it is shown that the characteristic nanostructure of mineralized collagen fibrils is vital for its high strength and its ability to sustain large deformation, as is relevant to the physiological role of bone, creating a strong and t...

Transformation Plasticity and Toughening

Analysis of the dynamic evolution of multilevel structure during martensitic transformations provides kinetics-based constitutive relations for transformation plasticity. Application in numerical modeling of ductile fracture by microvoid-softening-induced shear localization, in conjunction with metallographic study of crack-tip processes, identifies transformation toughening mechanisms operatin...