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                   Figure 2.34    Stress and strain curves of dry nylon 6–clay nanocomposites at three
                   different strain rates [120]













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                   Figure 2.35    Stress and strain curves of wet nylon 6-clay nano-composites at three
                   different strain rates [120]



                           Vaidya and Hosur [70] studied the various strain rates effects of 109, 327 and
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                   544 s on composite specimen of graphite/epoxy with polycarbonate. The loads were
                   set at two different directions, namely in-plane and through-thickness. It was found


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