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The double torsion test technique was used to investigate the fracture properties of two commercial epoxide resins filled with glass beads. The influence of varying the volume fraction of glass, the mean particle size and the pre-treatment of the glass surface on the stress intensity factor have been determined. A correlation has been found between the compressive yield strength and the stability of fracture in these composites, similar to that found for unfilled epoxide resins.
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Moloney, A.C., Kausch, H.H. & Stieger, H.R. The fracture of particulate-filled epoxide resins. J Mater Sci 19, 1125–1130 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01120021
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