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Paper multilayer with a fracture toughness of steel

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We demonstrate in this paper that commercially available printing paper can reach very high fracture toughness, comparable to that of steel, simply due to a special arrangement of the paper sheets with respect to the crack. Fracture mechanics experiments are conducted on single sheets of paper as well as on multilayer specimens in crack divider and crack arrester configuration. It is demonstrated that an arrangement in crack arrester configuration leads to an increase of the fracture toughness by a factor ten. An explanation of the effect is given and the transferability to other materials is discussed.

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Financial support by the Austrian Federal Government and the Styrian Provincial Government within the research activities of the K2 Competence Center “Integrated Research in Materials, Processing and Product Engineering,” under the frame of the Austrian COMET Competence Center Program, is gratefully acknowledged (Projects A4.11 and A4.20).

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  1. Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Jahnstrasse 12, 8700, Leoben, Austria

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  2. Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH, Roseggerstrasse 12, 8700, Leoben, Austria

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Zechner, J., Kolednik, O. Paper multilayer with a fracture toughness of steel. J Mater Sci 48, 5180–5187 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-013-7304-y

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