Quantifying thermoset polymers healing efficiency: a systematic review of mechanical testing Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The study of fracture behavior of self-healing polymers is the key-tool that issues the efficacy of the advanced healing functionality. Damage mechanisms of autonomously healed polymers resemble the adhesive joints one. Thus, well-established fracture testing configurations of adhesive composites are acquired and adopted in order to monitor the damage initiation (cracking) that calls for healing recuperation. As soon as healing is achieved the ...