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Yuanxin Zhou, Hassan Mahfuz, Vijaya Rangari et al.<br />
damage patterns were studied. The damage zone for the nano-phased system was found to be<br />
less than that of the neat system. It was also shown that the interface strength played an<br />
important role in the composite’s tensile failure.<br />
Acknowledgements<br />
The authors would like to gratefully acknowledge the support of USACERL through grant<br />
no.:W9132T-07-p-0011 and National Science Foundation.<br />
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