Transactions of the INDIAN CERAMIC SOCIETY Vol. 29 1970
Adhesion
Glass-like
of Polymers and Adsorption
Surfaces: Part II*
on
COLIN CLARK-MONKS AND BRYAN ELLIS
Pages : 35N-43N
DOI : 10.1080/0371750X.1970.10855747
Abstract
Although composite materials have been used throughout
recorded history, within the last decade or so there
has been a tremendous increase in their application. One
index of this phenomenal growth is the annual expenditure
of the USA Department of Defense for fibrous
composite materials research which increased from
$ 400,000 in 1958 to an estimated $ 14,000,000 during1
1967. Definition of a composite material has been attempted
by Krock and Broutman1 and their nature and
scope has been outlined by Holliday• who considers the
variables which define a complex material. A general
theoretical background to the properties of composites
has been given by Biggs• and the various approaches
used to calculate the elastic and other proporties have
been reviewed by Holister and Thomas•. Corten• has
given accounts of the micromechanics and fracture
behaviour of composites as well as a comprehensive review
of the whole subject•; he has also given• an introduction
to fracture mechanics and its application to
studies of the fracture behaviour of composites. The
application of fracture mechanics and its extension to
the measurement of adhesion has been discussed by
Irwin, and also Ripling and coworkers8 who report experimental
results on specially designed test specimens
and the effect of water on the rate of release of elastic
strain energy (i.e. G.I.C.).
